Richard S. Isaacs, MD, shares 5 steps to restoring trust in health care
The Permanente Federation’s co-CEO writes in Harvard Business Review that rebuilding public trust in the U.S. health care system must be a priority.
Ruth Chang, MD, shares 4 major signs of clinician burnout
Northwest Permanente’s chief people officer discusses how to identify and prevent burnout at a Health Action Alliance virtual event.
PermanenteDocs Chat on physician mental fatigue in a pandemic
Watch a replay of this Facebook Live chat with guest Ashley Zucker, MD, of Southern California Permanente Medical Group on addressing physician stress during the latest Omicron surge.
COVID-19 and physician wellness: the path forward
From the outset of the pandemic, physicians and other health care professionals have navigated long hours in the hospital away from family, additional patient workloads, and daily fears of becoming seriously ill or dying from COVID-19. As a result, the…
Addressing burnout in the age of COVID
Permanente physician leader Edward Ellison, MD, shares 5 critical skills leaders can embrace during difficult times.
Edward Ellison, MD, shares pandemic lessons for preventing physician burnout
In an interview with Harvard Business Review, The Permanente Federation co-CEO underscores the importance of agility, interdependence, and camaraderie in surviving stressful events.
Edward M. Ellison, MD, addresses purpose-driven burnout in Harvard Business Review story
A new Harvard Business Review story on burnout quotes Edward M. Ellison, MD, co-CEO, The Permanente Federation, on the massive negative impacts of physician burnout, innovations to address it, and what leaders can do to prevent purpose-driven employees in their own organizations from suffering.
Edward M. Ellison, MD, outlines the benefits of ICD-11’s new burnout definition
Edward M. Ellison, MD, executive medical director and chairman at the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, in a new Medscape Medical News story outlines the benefits of an expanded definition of burnout in the World Health Organization’s new International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11).
Edward M. Ellison, MD, underscores need to address total cost of physician burnout
In a recent opinion piece for the Annals of Internal Medicine, Permanente Federation co-CEO Edward M. Ellison, MD, highlights the importance of addressing the total cost of physician burnout. In “Beyond the Economics of Burnout,” Dr. Ellison writes in support…
Edward Ellison, MD, addresses physician burnout at CNBC event
Speaking at the Healthy Returns event in New York, Federation co-CEO Edward Ellison, MD, talks about the fundamental changes needed at health care organizations to prevent physician burnout.