Inside Angle

When a physician's work day includes two hours of EHR and desk work for every one hour of direct face time with patients, the work of care can seem insurmountable. Dr. Christine Sinsky of the AMA describes new ways to help clinicians find joy and meaning in work.

When it comes to the health of the healthcare workforce, how can we help caregivers care for themselves? Population health leaders with the SEIU 775 Benefits Group describe efforts to improve the health of homecare workers in Washington State and what they learned gets between people and better health outcomes.

When a patient's chronic conditions are compounded by depression, it's a recipe for adverse outcomes and high healthcare costs. Dr. Paul Ciechanowski, a national leader in developing evidence-based models of collaborative care describes a new way forward.

How do we develop quality measures that help improve care outcomes without creating more work for physicians? Dr. Michael Barr of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) discusses the drive to create measures that are timely and relevant.