Physicians teach their secrets to success

Physicians are busy. Finding time to develop new ways to improve practice efficiency takes away from time spent with patients, which is constantly being pruned by requirements and regulations. With tight schedules and time constraints, where do physicians go to share solutions and learn about their peers’ secrets to practice success? The AMA’s STEPS Forward website offers interactive educational modules that help physicians address practice challenges using proven solutions other physicians have developed and implemented in their own practices. The Practice Innovation Challenge, offered in partnership by the AMA and the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), called for submissions of high-value, easy-to-adopt, transformative practice solutions to help physicians work smarter and improve patient care. The challenge winners were announced Monday at the MGMA 2015 Annual Conference. From patient care to new hire training, the winners come from all corners of the medical community, where they have cultivated their own advancements in practice efficiency. These five innovators met the challenge, and their concepts will become future STEPS Forward modules: 1.     The Letter Project. VJ Periyakoil, MD, director of palliative care education and training at Stanford University School of Medicine, designed a simple template to help patients engage with their physicians about end-of-life conversations. The Letter Project is available in eight languages and is easily ...
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