Counting the Cost

There is a human cost to burnout and a financial cost and you're probably going to have to know both if you want to make a case for change. While some things are intangible, there are other things like physician recruitment that have a calculable price tag on them.

Cultures of Wellness

As one of the three pillars in the Stanford's WellMD model of Physician Occupational Fulfillment, changing culture is the hardest and longest-term goal in this whole endeavor. It's going to take clarifying values, unlearning bad behaviors and habits, and calling it like it is to see it happen. Just consider: you're probably paying it forward for the next generation of doctors and that is rewarding in its own right.

Effective Advocacy

Changing built in patterns of the health care industry is going to require an amplification of well-equipped voices. Look at a few steps to creating a growing and multiplying movement that creates sustainable change.