In the brief video below, we’ve focused only on 4 rapid self-care strategies to help healthcare professionals get centered and in control during the many moments of inevitable chaos brought by the COVID-19 crisis.  When this is over, it’s our hope that healthcare professionals receive the same societal respect as soldiers. In other words, when......

Annals of Surgery Conclusions: “Surgeon behavior, as assessed by 360-degree review, is associated with malpractice claims. These findings highlight the importance of teamwork and communication in exposure to malpractice. Although the nature of malpractice claims is complex and multifactorial, the identification and modification of negative physician behaviors may mitigate malpractice risk and ultimately result in the improved quality......

Journal of the American College of Surgeons Conclusions: “360-degree evaluations can provide a practical, systematic, and subjectively-accurate assessment of surgeon performance without undue reviewer burden. The process was found to result in beneficial behavior change according to surgeons and their co-workers.” Read the Full Article Below: Can 360-Degree Reviews Help Surgeons? Evaluation of Multisource Feedback......

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Conclusions: “The relationship between Quality PULSE 360 feedback scores and measures of patient satisfaction reaffirm that feedback from work team members may provide helpful information into how patients may be perceiving their physicians’ behavior and vice versa. Furthermore, the findings provide tentative support for the use of team-based feedback to......

Physicians’ Empathy and Clinical Outcomes for Diabetic Patients. Academic Medicine: March 2011 – Volume 86 – Issue 3 – pp 359-364. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182086fe1. Authors: Hojat, Mohammadreza PhD; Louis, Daniel Z. MS; Markham, Fred W. MD; Wender, Richard MD; Rabinowitz, Carol; Gonnella, Joseph S. MD. From the abstract: “The hypothesis of a positive relationship between physicians’......