AMA STEPS Forward® podcast

Dr. Greg Wallingford, Associate Program Director for the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship and Course Director for the Leadership Curriculum at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas, Austin, shares how his team developed a rapid debriefing tool to support teams after stressful events. He also draws the connection between well-being and leadership, sharing strategies for bringing...

Drs. Tyra Fainstad and Adrienne Mann, University of Colorado Medicine, join host Dr. Jill Jin to discuss Better Together: a four-month, fully virtual group coaching program for physicians, trainees, and APPs. They explore the program’s coaching methods, as well as its positive impacts on reducing burnout and imposter syndrome, as illustrated by their randomized clinical trial results.     Learn mo...

Dr. Anne Pendo, internal medicine physician and Senior Medical Director for Physician and APP Experience at Intermountain Health in Utah, joins host Dr. Kevin Hopkins to discuss the caregiver well-being initiatives offered at Intermountain Health. She shares insights for leaders looking to create a culture of well-being and offers tips for fostering community in order to better solve problems toge...

In case you missed it, listen to one of the most popular episodes on the AMA STEPS Forward® podcast (originally aired March 1, 2023): Dr. Rola Hallam, British-Syrian consultant anesthetist, humanitarian, and founder of CanDo, a social enterprise that enables local, frontline health care workers to provide health care to their own war-affected communities, shares the story of her “valley of darknes...

In case you missed it, listen to one of the most popular episodes on the AMA STEPS Forward® podcast (originally aired June 14, 2023): Dr. Jane Fogg, MD, MPH shares her experience leading a system-level initiative aimed at reducing the burden of the EHR in-basket. Host Dr. Christine Sinsky, MD also follows up with some audience-submitted questions about regulatory compliance, the initiative’s impac...

In case you missed it, listen to one of the most popular episodes on the AMA STEPS Forward® podcast (originally aired April 26, 2023): Chaplain Elizabeth Tracey, creator of John Hopkins’ This is My Story initiative, shares how she designed a program that enables patients who are unable to speak to share their stories through interviews with family members and loved ones.   To learn more about This...

In case you missed it, listen to one of the most popular episodes on the AMA STEPS Forward® podcast (originally aired March 15, 2023): Dr. Neha Sangwan, internal medicine physician and founder of Intuitive Intelligence, shares practical strategies for navigating conflict, miscommunication, and even the most challenging personalities in your life.   For more resources for combatting burnout visit:...

Dr. Jill Jin and Dr. Marie Brown discuss how to save time and improve medication adherence with 90x4 annual prescription renewals. They share strategies for successful implementation and counter even the most skeptical physician’s reservations.  MOC Part IV: https://bit.ly/47zFE73   Explore the AMA STEPS Forward Annual Prescription Renewal toolkit: https://bit.ly/3mKY6rs   Debunking Regulatory Myt...

In case you missed it, listen to one of the most popular episodes on the AMA STEPS Forward® podcast (originally aired December 22, 2022): Dr. Rob McGregor, Chief Medical Officer and Pediatric Hospitalist at Akron Children’s Hospital, shares his experience creating a strategic program that provides free and confidential mental health services for physicians and APPs. Resources on burnout assessment...

Hosts Dr. Marie Brown and Dr. Jill Jin discuss an efficient team-based approach to managing prediabetes and diabetes, pinpointing opportunities to improve the health of patients while saving care team time.   Explore the Team-Based Care of Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes: https://bit.ly/3PgmgEm Explore the Getting Rid of Stupid Stuff toolkit: https://bit.ly/47yUN9p Register for the Team-Based Appr...

Dr. Kevin Hopkins and Dr. Jill Jin discuss what it means to be a wellness-centered leader. They also explore strategies for building trust throughout health care organizations, engaging in listening campaigns, and creating a culture of wellness. Explore the Wellness-Centered Leadership Playbook: https://bit.ly/3OVigu7 Get the De-Implementation Checklist: https://bit.ly/3CLoTIR Explore the Getting...

Listen to the American Conference on Physician Health’s first-ever live podcast discussion on the 2023 conference theme: Building the Workplace of the Future, with host Dr. Kevin Hopkins and guests Dr. Bryan Bohman (Stanford Medicine), Dr. Lotte Dyrbye (University of Colorado School of Medicine), and Dr. Colin West (Mayo Clinic).     Find resources for putting the joy back into medicine at stepsfo...

Dr. Jeff Panzer, family physician and Vice President of Care Transformation, and Erica Deming, Care Team Coordinator at Heartland Health Centers in Chicago, discuss collaborative care team models and the impact this approach has on patient care. Learn more with the AMA STEPS Forward® Team-Based Care toolkit: https://bit.ly/Team-BasedCareToolkit 🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally, focused on add...

Dr. Topher Sharp, internist and Chief Medical Information Officer at Stanford Medicine, joins host Dr. Jill Jin to discuss how Stanford Medicine created a personalized EHR coaching approach using audit log data.     Get the EHR Inbox Reduction Checklist: https://bit.ly/3Ew1gEO     Explore the EHR Inbox Management toolkit: https://bit.ly/3PbkAxN    Explore the Taming the EHR Playbook: https://bit.l...

Guest host Chris Botts, Senior Manager of Care Delivery and Payment, joins guest Dr. Ryan Laschober, MD, FAAFP to discuss the Waco Guide to Psychopharmacology in Primary Care, created to support primary care clinicians' ability to manage mental and substance use disorders, particularly in rural and underserved communities. Register for the upcoming webinar on this topic here: https://bit.ly/3EEmfp...

In case you missed it, listen to one of the most popular episodes on the AMA STEPS Forward® podcast (originally aired May 11, 2022): Guest Dr. Reena Patel, an emergency medicine physician, shares her personal story about how treating patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, amid staffing shortages and systemic issues amplified, led to feelings of stress, frustration, and ultimately burnout. For more...

Host Dr. Christine Sinsky, AMA Vice President of Professional Satisfaction, and guest A Jay Holmgren, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at UC San Francisco and the Center for Clinical Informatics and Improvement Research, discuss how assessing Epic Signal data and other EHR metadata can be a useful tool for evaluating team-based interventions to reduce inbox volume.   Get the EHR Inbox Reductio...

In case you missed it, listen to one of the most popular episodes on the AMA STEPS Forward® podcast (originally aired August 17, 2022): Dr. Melissa Reily and Dr. Melissa Wolf, Co-Directors of Physician Wellness at Bozeman Health, discuss how to reduce pajama time and work outside of work (WOW) at both the individual and organization-wide level so you can have “more great days.”   Access the Gettin...

Dr. Yun Boylston of Burlington Pediatrics joins guest host Chris Botts, Senior Manager of Care Delivery and Payment, to discuss how she made her practice’s behavioral health offerings financially sustainable. Register for the upcoming webinar on this topic here:  https://bit.ly/3ElggFA   Explore the Behavioral Health Integration toolkit here: https://bit.ly/3YUhbGl   Explore strategic behavioral h...

Dr. Carolynn Francavilla, private practice physician and Chair-Elect for the AMA’s Private Practice Physician Section, joins guest host Taylor Johnson, manager of AMA Physician Practice Development, to discuss the Private Practice Playbook: Sample Forms Appendix: a collection of templated forms for independent physician practices that address patient, employee, and administrative needs.   Explore...

Listen to highlights from the AMA's Well-Being Communications Strategy webinar: Jonathan Ripp, MD, MPH, Chief Wellness Officer for the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discusses the importance of creating open channels for dialogue. Leveraging the new AMA STEPS Forward® Wellness-Centered Leadership Playbook, he shares tools for building a communication strategy with the right messaging, to...

Karly Saez, Operations Manager, and Dr. Farhan Khan, Medical Director of Professional Medical Corporation (PMC) join host Dr. Sea Chen, Director of Practice Sustainability, AMA, to discuss the impact of social needs on private practices, particularly in the wake of the Flint, Michigan water crisis. They provide tips for understanding the unique health needs of a community and share strategies to h...

Dr. Sarah Richards, practicing hospitalist and Senior Medical Director for Clinician Experience at Nebraska Medicine, shares strategies for conducting structured listening campaigns in order to engage practicing physicians to uncover sources of burnout and prioritize solutions.  To explore the Listening Campaign Toolkit: https://bit.ly/3OtCScL 🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally, focused on addr...

In 2021, the AMA, in collaboration with Manatt Health, released case studies featuring organizations that are measuring the value of their virtual care programs as part of the Return on Health Framework. Two years later, we’re checking in on the progress. On this episode, guest Dr. Richard Milani, Ochsner Health, shares how their Hypertension Digital Medicine Program has improved patient outcomes,...

In 2021, the AMA, in collaboration with Manatt Health, released case studies featuring organizations that are measuring the value of their virtual care programs as part of the Return on Health Framework. Two years later, we’re checking in on the progress. On this episode, Dr. Robert Findling of Virginia Commonwealth University Health shares how their telepsychiatry program has improved patient sat...