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  • Perspectives as a Woman in Medicine

    | Culture, Leadership

    In the field of medicine, it is no question that women have been historically underrepresented. While today there are promising trends such as the record-breaking percentage […]

  • An APP Leader with an Eye on Quality and Partnership

    | Culture, Leadership

    Meet Nurse Practitioner Cindy Simpkins, one of Sound’s APPs to hold an Assistant Medical Director position. Her role is a shining example of how redefining […]

  • Traits of a Strong Anesthesia Team

    | Culture, Leadership

    The strongest Anesthesia teams are a source of leadership poised to meet seismic shifts facing hospitals and ambulatory service centers (ASCs). As hospitals make their […]

  • A Nurse Practitioner’s Reflection on NP Week

    | Culture, Leadership

    It seems disingenuous to discuss Nurse Practitioner Week without addressing or at least reflecting on, what we have experienced together these past 20 months. Many […]

  • Becoming The Chair – One Physician Assistant’s Journey

    | Culture, Leadership, Performance

    Whether you’re considering a Physician Assistant (PA) profession, early in your PA career, or established and looking to grow, our conversation with April Burke will […]

  • 5 Steps – Building an Action-oriented Utilization Management Committee

    | Leadership, Performance

    The key to building an effective team for any purpose is having the right people focused on doing the right things. Your hospital’s Utilization Management […]

  • When Self-Care Calls

    | Culture, Leadership

    Imagine that you are on-duty in the hospital being pulled in countless directions. Your phone vibrates in your pocket, but you let it go to […]

  • Reflecting on COVID-19: The Power of Community

    | Culture, Leadership

    As hospitals across the nation prepared for COVID-19 last year, Dr. Farshid Rafatnia faced a complex request to create a field hospital for a potential […]

  • Celebrate Doctors and Their Extraordinary Year

    | Culture, Leadership

    National Doctors’ Day honors physicians for their dedication and contributions to society and the community. Today, I want to celebrate doctors worldwide, especially for their […]

  • Lessons Learned in the Shadow of COVID-19

    | Leadership

    With hospitals brimming and often overflowing with sick COVID-19 patients, 2020 was a horrible and relentless year for healthcare workers. Caregivers were burdened and endangered […]

  • A Year of Covid-19 – The Tale of an ICU Doctor

    | Culture, Leadership

    Last year at this time, I was nervous. Covid-19 was a new disease, hitherto unknown, and causing frightening and critical illness. It was very contagious, […]

  • Navigating the Infodemic

    | Culture, Leadership

    Information spreads like a virus. The explosion of COVID-19 information coming to us from all angles amplifies the difficulty of deciphering fact from fake. According […]

  • Clinicians, Take a Seat!

    | Culture, Leadership

    As Chief Experience Officer of Sound Physicians, I spend a good deal of time working with clinical teams to improve patients’ experience of care. The Society […]

  • A Champion Response to Covid-19

    | Culture, Leadership

    There is a dramatic uptick in COVID-19 cases across the Nation. In my home state of Illinois, multiple counties are renewing COVID-19 restrictions, and indeed […]

  • Systemic Racism, Discrimination, and Prejudice in Healthcare

    | Culture, Leadership

    During the last six months, the words “I can’t breathe” have been calls for help by millions of patients with COVID-19. These same words have […]

  • Heroes Need Help Too

    | Culture, Leadership

    My COVID-19 patient was very sick with oxygen levels dangerously low, but he was holding his own. The next day, however, his condition worsened, and […]

  • Confirmations, Affirmations and Strengthened Skills – Lessons from COVID-19

    | Culture, Leadership

    COVID-19 is unlike anything I’ve seen. I’ve never had this many critically ill patients at once, nor have I seen patients become so frighteningly sick, […]

  • Emergency Clinician Pay in a Value Based Care Environment

    | Culture, Leadership

    Emergency departments are the nation’s critical healthcare safety net. EM clinicians work tirelessly to provide high-quality care to our communities of patients on nights, weekends, […]

  • Despite Pandemic Challenges and Anxiety, Clinicians Are Stepping Up to Deliver Care and Support Colleagues

    | Culture, Leadership

    Originally published in NEJM Catalyst. Namita Seth Mohta, MD, interviews John D. Birkmeyer, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, Sound Physicians; Adjunct Professor, The Dartmouth Institute for […]

  • We are all in this together

    | Culture, Leadership

    Our thoughts and prayers go out to those who have been directly affected by the virus in their communities and to our people at the bedside […]