Dr. Micah Beachy is an associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Hospital Medicine for the University of Nebraska where he works a hospitalist and also serves as the vice president and chief quality officer for Nebraska Medicine. In his role, he has accountability over quality, patient safety, clinical effectiveness, population health, medical informatics, and experience for patients and providers. He also serves as the Governor of the American College of Physicians Nebraska Chapter and has been extensively involved with ACP at the national level serving as Chair of the Council of Early Career Physicians, on the Health and Public Policy Committee, the Well-being Task Force and the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force.

In this Episode:

Dr Beachy talks about what led to his interest in incorporating Well-being work into his personal and professional life and how you might create opportunities for yourself. In his system role he has worked to encourage this in a way that doesn't create more burden on the physician. His strategy is to identify things that cause dissatisfaction, to measure what matters, and address these issues.  He discusses four ways the University of Nebraska Medicine is addressing Well-being in the COVID era that can be continued after the pandemic. Listen in to see if you can apply this in your professional home.

Take Home Pearls of Well-being Wisdom:

1. Leverage Technology for your benefit.

2. Shift your mindset to Work-Life Integration rather than Work-Life Balance

3. Set Priorities and Create space for what matters most and what you are passionate about.