AMA STEPS Forward® podcast

Learn about social determinants of health in private practice.

Explore different payment models for your private practice.

Explore solutions to common private practice administrative issues.

Explore common private practice administrative issues.

Explore the main considerations that practices should have in mind when entering contracting and the steps that physicians can take to help mitigate some of the complexity.

Explore the different clinical services included in telehealth, key considerations in developing a telehealth solution, and emerging telehealth technologies.

Explore different types of private practice settings and discuss key challenges to setting up and running a private practice.

Explore some of the common workflow challenges private practices face and describe ways physicians can streamline processes to increase staff productivity.

Explore ways to mitigate risks to your practice’s sustainability and why private practice is still a viable option for many physicians.

Explore some of the common workflow challenges private practice face and learn ways physicians can streamline processes to increase staff productivity.

Dr. Vanessa Calderón, board-certified emergency medicine physician, shares her approach to measuring physician well-being in an ER setting and provides tips on breaking through the “we’ve always done it this way” mentality. Learn more about Dr. Calderón here: https://www.vanessacalderonmd.com/

AMA team members and playbook co-authors Meghan Kwiatkowski, Program Manager, Physician Practice Sustainability and Taylor Johnson, Manager, Physician Practice Development discuss the latest AMA STEPS Forward® resource: The Private Practice Playbook. Download the Private Practice Playbook to learn how to join, build, or sustain a private practice: https://bit.ly/PrivatePracticePlaybook

Dr. Kevin Hopkins, Primary Care Medical Director at Cleveland Clinic and Senior Physician Advisor for Practice Transformation at the AMA, and Lindsey Carlasare, the AMA’s Research and Policy Manager, discuss common regulatory myths and share tools for eliminating guesswork and other administrative burdens. The AMA’s Debunking Regulatory Myths series provides regulatory clarification to physicians and their care teams. To read more or submit a myth you want us to tackle next:...

Dr. Kirk Brower, a physician and Professor of Psychiatry and Chief Wellness Officer at the University of Michigan Medical School, discusses how his personal experience with burnout led to a career focus on burnout prevention and improved well-being for all physicians. Identify key contributors to physician burnout and the interventions available to address it with the AMA STEPS Forward® Physician Burnout toolkit: https://bit.ly/PhysicianBurnoutToolkit

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

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.” Learn more about the AMA Joy in MedicineTM Health System Recognition Program: https://bit.ly/3PF2CRt and access the Getting Rid of Stupid Stuff toolkit: https://bit.ly/3vk5ds5

Dr. Kevin Hopkins, AMA Senior Physician Advisor and Primary Care Medical Director at Cleveland Clinic, shares how setting healthy boundaries can help physicians avoid heading down the road of fatigue, exhaustion, and ultimately burnout. To learn more, watch Dr. Hopkins’ recorded webinar on this subject here: https://youtu.be/Q6K2G3yed_w.

Dr. Alfred Atanda, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon and Director of Clinician Well-Being at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Delaware, discusses his pilot project on minimizing unnecessary patient transfers using digital technology and how small interventions can lead to big changes in professional satisfaction and patient care. To learn more, access the AMA STEPS Forward “Getting Rid of Stupid Stuff” toolkit. (Toolkit link here: https://bit.ly/3O4mvQl)

Dr. Daniel Dunham, Chairman of Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital, discusses how eliminating unnecessary clicks in the EHR ultimately decreases physician burnout and allows care teams to focus their time on what matters most—patient care. Learn more with the AMA STEPS Forward® Taming the EHR Playbook: https://bit.ly/STEPS-TamingEHR

Guest Kaiyti Duffy, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer at the Los Angeles LGBT Center, discusses how to create a safe and welcoming environment for LGBTQ+ patients—including sensitivity training for care team and staff, use of expansive and affirmative language, and respectful assessment and response to past medical trauma. Additional resources: https://bit.ly/3QAfklD