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Recent Media Coverage

Physician Wellness Services staff has been interviewed and featured in the media, and also has been writing articles on physician wellness-related topics. Here are some of our articles and audio clips.

Physician Stress and Burnout Survey Articles

Coverage and interviews related to our Physician Wellness Services and Cejka Search Physician Stress and Burnout Survey appeared in several publications and media, including:

Amednews.com, “Nearly 90% of physicians feel stressed every day, report says”

ACP Hospitalist, “Nearly 9 in 10 doctors stressed on any given day”

HealthLeadersMedia.com, “For Stressed Docs, Where to Turn?”

FiercePracticeManagement.com, “Three weapons to battle physician stress”

Becker’s Hospital Review, “Survey: Physicians Say Hospitals Don't Offer Enough Help in Stress Management”

Medical Economics and Modern Medicine, “Survey: Physicians stressed, but help not offered”

Physician’s Money Digest, “Physician Stress Factor”

Healthcare Finance News, “Impact of physician stress is underestimated”

PowerYourPractice.com,“Physician Stress: What Causes it & How to Deal with It”

Articles and Interviews

PWS manager of clinical services and senior consultant Liz Ferron and Matt Steinkamp, vice president of service delivery, along with David Danielson, JD, CPA, senior vice president for clinical risk management for Sanford Health, were featured in “First, do no harm” in Employee Benefit News.

PWS COO Mitchell Best wrote “Consistent Change - Dealing Effectively With Change in a Rapidly Evolving Health Care Environment” in HR Pulse magazine, a publication of ASHHRA.

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein and manager of clinical services and senior consultant Liz Ferron were featured in “Physician, Heal Thy Disruptive Behavior” in HealthLeaders Media.

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein wrote “Physicians Under Stress: Recognition and Support” in the Medical Board of California Newsletter.

PWS manager of clinical services and senior consultant Liz Ferron was interviewed for “Heading Off Physician Burnout” in Physicians Practice.

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein was interviewed for “Keeping Staff Morale High” in Medical Office Today.

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein wrote “Disruptive behaviors in obstetric services diminished with action plan” in Modern Medicine.

Physician Wellness Services is cited for the services it offers physicians in “Google’s Employee Perks — Could It Work For Healthcare?” in Doctor’s Crossing.

PWS COO Mitchell Best wrote “Creating Effective Physician Wellness” in HR Pulse magazine, a publication of ASHHRA.

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein and David Danielson, JD, CPA, senior vice president for clinical risk management for Sanford Health, were featured in “Patient safety and metrics: Obtain good data” in Healthcare Risk Management (subscription required).

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein and David Danielson, JD, CPA, senior vice president for clinical risk management for Sanford Health, were featured in “How to end disruptive behavior that compromises patient safety” at FierceHealthcare.com.

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein and senior consultant Liz Ferron were featured in “Outbursts In Your Hospital: How to Deal With Disruptive Physicians” in Inside the Joint Commission (subscription required).

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein and CEO Doug Adamek, PhD, were featured in “Disruptive Docs” in Minnesota Medicine, a publication of the Minnesota Medical Association.

PWS CEO Doug Adamek, PhD, was featured in “Reintegrate Formerly Impaired Physicians Onto the Medical Staff After a Leave of Absence” in Credentialing & Peer Review Legal Insider (subscription required).

PWS COO Mitchell Best wrote “Physician Assistance Programs Address Behavioral and Performance” in Compensation & Benefits Review.

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein and David Danielson, JD, CPA, senior vice president for clinical risk management for Sanford Health, were featured in “Study Behavioral Issues With Metrics” in a recent issue of Healthcare Risk Management devoted to metrics to assess risk (subscription required).

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein was interviewed for “Crackdown on Physician Disruptive Behavior” in Medscape Today.

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein and co-author Michelle Mudge-Riley, DO, MHA wrote “The Impact of Stress and Burnout on Physician Satisfaction and Behaviors” in The Physician Executive Journal of Medical Management, a publication of the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) (subscription required).

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein and David Danielson, JD, CPA, senior vice president for clinical risk management for Sanford Health wrote, “Addressing Physician Disruptive Behaviors to Improve Relationships, Process Flow, and Patient Outcomes” in the Group Practice Journal, a publication of the American Medical Group Association (AMGA)(subscription required).

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein was interviewed for “Changing the Physician-Nurse Dynamic” on NurseZone.com.

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein was interviewed for “A Matter of Respect” in ACPHospitalist, a publication of the American College of Physicians (ACP).

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein wrote an article “The Impact of Stress and Burnout on Physician Satisfaction and Behaviors” for AAOS Now, a publication of the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)(subscription required).

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein wrote an article with co-author Beth Boynton, RN, MS, “Two Sides of Disruptive Behaviors: The How, Why and What to Do” in the Journal of the Association of Staff Physician Recruiters (subscription required).

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein was interviewed for “Is Burnout a Stealthy Saboteur in Your Lab?” in Principal Investigative Advisor, a publication of Principal Investigators Association (subscription required).

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein and director of marketing Lori Brostrom were interviewed for “Dealing With Bad Behavior” on PhysiciansPractice.com (free registration).

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein and director of marketing Lori Brostrom were featured in “Physician Wellness Services Targets Burned-Out, Problem Docs” on MedCityNews.com.

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein and director of marketing Lori Brostrom were featured in a podcast “Care For the Caregivers” for Employee Benefit Advisor.

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein was interviewed for a program on disruptive physicians on ReachMD-XM Radio (free registration).

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein was interviewed for “Disruptive Behavior by Doctors, Nurses Persists a Year After Crackdown” on amednews.com, published by the American Medical Association (AMA).

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein wrote an article “Problem Employees: An Overview” for Immediate Care Business.

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein wrote “Early Intervention Can Help Prevent Disruptive Behavior” in The Physician Executive Journal of Medical Management, a publication of the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) (subscription required).

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein was interviewed for “Designing a Safer Practice” for Doctor’s Digest (free registration).

PWS medical director Dr. Alan Rosenstein wrote an article “The Joint Commission Disruptive Behavior Standard: Intent and Impact” in the Journal of the Association of Staff Physician Recruiters (subscription required).