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Physician Burnout: TeamHealth Helps Physicians Find Support

August 28, 2017

It’s a new year, and that means new episodes of TeamHealth’s podcast, Beyond Clinical Medicine, are available to download! Listen in on conversations with leading clinicians across the country that cover all the things they don’t teach you in residency. This #BeyondClinicalMedicine podcast features a very important and timely discussion on the dangers of vaping....

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Beyond Clinical Medicine Episode 16: The Dangers of Vaping

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What Gets You Up In the Morning?

January 6, 2020

By Dan Collard, TeamHealth Executive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer On one of my recent flights, all of the passengers were treated to one of the prettiest sunsets I can remember. As I was snapping photos through the plane window, I recalled another picture I had taken recently, one of those right time and...

Beyond Clinical Medicine Episode 15: Mitigating Malpractice Risk

December 5, 2019

In our podcast Beyond Clinical Medicine, listen in on conversations with leading clinicians across the country that covers all the things they don’t teach you in residency. This #BeyondClinicalMedicine podcast features a discussion on the roles of advanced practice clinicians, physician supervision, and how to mitigate the risk of malpractice. Our guest host for this...

Nurse Practitioners: It Runs in the Family

November 14, 2019

By Heather Haslun, DNP, FNP-C, TeamHealth My name is Heather Haslun, I am 37 years old and this is my story. From the time I was little, I loved caring for others. From caring for elders to babies, and coming from a family of nurses, I knew nursing was my calling. Upon graduating from high...

Happy National Nurse Practitioner Week

November 12, 2019

It’s National Nurse Practitioner Week and TeamHealth wants to recognize all nurse practitioners for their hard work and thank them for their dedication to patient care with a huge thank you! Nurse practitioners (NPs) are the health care providers of choice for millions of Americans each year, thanks to the high quality, patient-centered primary, acute...

We Can’t Wait to Connect!

October 17, 2019

As autumn approaches, there are opportunities to connect with TeamHealth at many major healthcare conferences. Here’s where you’ll see us this fall, we hope to see you there! ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2019 is October 19 – 23 in Orlando, Florida. Visit us at booth #901 and play arcade-style basketball to benefit the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation! Attendees...

It’s World Mental Health Day – Take Care with LiveWell WorkLife

October 10, 2019

By Megan Norman, TeamHealth Wellness Manager TeamHealth strives to raise awareness of mental health issues and provide support for our clinicians, associates and their families every day, and especially today on World Mental Health Day. World Mental Health Day was created to bring awareness to the full spectrum of mental health issues including suicide. Every...

A Personal Perspective on Being a Physician Assistant

October 8, 2019

By Deborah Reed, PA-C, Regional APC Director, TeamHealth West Group At the corner of U.S. rural highways 70 and 81, sits Jefferson County Hospital, a critical access hospital, amidst an expanse of farming and cattle ranches near the Oklahoma/Texas line. As I drive the 120 miles to my new clinical home, I had the opportunity...

Beyond Clinical Medicine Episode 14: Clinician Burnout

September 25, 2019

Listen in on conversations with leading clinicians across the country that cover all the things they don’t teach you in residency in our new podcast Beyond Clinical Medicine. The topic of physician burnout and suicide is of vital importance to the clinical community today. Physicians are often thought of as superhuman, but sadly, they are...

Beyond Clinical Medicine Episode 13: Practice Longevity

September 18, 2019

Listen in on conversations with leading clinicians across the country that cover all the things they don’t teach you in residency in our new podcast Beyond Clinical Medicine. This #BeyondClinicalMedicine podcast shares practical tips for putting the passion back into your practice and ensuring practice longevity. Dr. Dennis Whitehead has decades of experience as an...

What Is Burnout? How Can Clinicians Help Prevent It?

September 17, 2019

By Dr. James Horst, DO, FACN, TeamHealth National Medical Director of Behavioral Health and Post-Acute Care Burnout is not technically a clinical term but one that is used to describe a state of emotional, mental and physical exhaustion that renders a person close to being disabled. Someone experiencing burnout may feel like they are unglued,...

TeamHealth Unquestionably Supports a Ban on Surprise Medical Bills

September 14, 2019

By Leif Murphy, President and CEO, TeamHealth Ezekiel Emanuel’s September 4th opinion column in the Washington Post, erroneously assigns blame for surprise medical bills to medical provider groups such as TeamHealth, and misrepresents a Yale University research study to do so. Emanuel’s accusation that surprise medical bills increase at TeamHealth-operated emergency rooms is patently false....

Beyond Clinical Medicine Episode 12: Clinical Burnout

September 11, 2019

Listen in on conversations with leading clinicians across the country that cover all the things they don’t teach you in residency in our new podcast Beyond Clinical Medicine. This #BeyondClinicalMedicine podcast shares useful tips and techniques for recognizing and addressing clinical burnout and achieving a healthier work-life balance. Dr. Zafar Shamoon, Chief of Emergency Services at...

My Struggle with Burnout & the 4 Questions that Help Me Stay on Track

September 10, 2019

By Heather S. Owen, MD, FACEP, TeamHealth Chief Safety & Quality Officer, EMC of TeamHealth Past President, Texas College of Emergency Medicine Hello, September—it’s that time again! While many may immediately think of “back to school,” I’m actually referring to National Suicide Prevention Month, which is recognized during the month of September. Many of us...

Disaster Preparedness: Strategies for Managing the Unexpected

September 5, 2019

Hospitals must always be prepared to respond at a moment’s notice to powerful storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, mass casualty events and other potential disasters. If a disaster is preceded with sufficient warning such as weather reports, hospitals typically activate an incident command center that manages resources and response activities before, during and after the event. Similarly, some clinical outsourcing partners...