News & Updates
The Importance of Quality Improvement in Advancing Health Care and Controlling Costs
Posted: August 1, 2023 | Category: News
Health care organizations are now combining quality assurance with continuous quality improvement, requiring a commitment to constantly improve operations, processes, and activities toward the ultimate goal of best patient care.
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July Well-Being Tips
Posted: July 15, 2023 | Category: Well-Being Tips
Half of All U.S. Adults Are Lonely
Getting to the Bottom of Burnout
Physician Chefs Make Life-Saving Cuisine
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Pediatrician Amy A. Jibilian, MD, Appointed Chief Wellness Officer
Posted: July 7, 2023 | Category: News
Amy A. Jibilian, MD, will take the lead as Chief Wellness Officer for Valley Preferred and LVHN. The last several years have seen a concentrated focus on clinician well-being to try to mitigate burnout and help providers recapture the joy of practicing medicine.
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Fixing Physician Burnout Starts with Believing in the Abstract
Posted: July 1, 2023 | Category: News
A core solution to health care burnout is to create an environment where caregivers are professionally fulfilled. This becomes a complex since health systems are increasingly under pressure to operate like businesses with financial and revenue goals.
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June Well-Being Tips
Posted: June 15, 2023 | Category: Well-Being Tips
Get Physical and Feel the Difference
What Do Doctors Really Eat?
Sound Sleep in Summer
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Why physician engagement is the key to better health care and how to improve it
Posted: June 1, 2023 | Category: News
Patients can tell immediately whether their doctor is listening and if they truly care. For health care leaders and hospitals, focusing on engagement is a matter of quality and also profitability. Caring physicians are much more productive than those less involved.
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May Well-Being Tips
Posted: May 15, 2023 | Category: Well-Being Tips
Advice about Mental Health
How to Cope with Financial Anxiety
What You Eat Matters
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Expanding Care Beyond the Physician
Posted: May 11, 2023 | Category: News
Care coordination improves communication between all providers involved with a patient’s care. The “team” typically includes physicians, Advanced Practice Clinicians (APCs), social workers, nurse case managers, and pharmacists.
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The science-based benefits of mindfulness
Posted: May 1, 2023 | Category: News
Awareness of “mindfulness” and increasing acceptance are bolstered by a growing body of scientific evidence that is giving mindfulness new credibility and broader practical applications for wellness and adjunctive treatment.
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April Well-Being Tips
Posted: April 15, 2023 | Category: Well-Being Tips
Bouncing Back from Burnout
Surprise! Yoga is Not About Flexibility
How is Gardening like Mental Health?
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