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🚑 Crisis Breeds Innovation in North Mason County 🚑 Just finished reading this story from The Seattle Times coming out of North Mason County, WA. They’ve been grappling with severe primary care shortages, leading to increases in delays and complications of care, #hospitals at/exceeding capacity, and ED visits for non-emergency issues. But what struck me was an incredible response by Fire Chief Beau Bakken, PA Adam Boyd, and the NORTH MASON REGIONAL FIRE AUTHORITY: a mobile health clinic run through the fire department. This heartfelt and innovative approach is a powerful reminder of what can be achieved when we think outside the box and come together as a community. At Grapevyne, we share this passion for creative problem-solving. Our country's worsening #physicianshortage is a daunting challenge, one that won’t be solved overnight. But that doesn’t mean we should stand still. We believe in finding immediate, impactful solutions to ease the burden on #patients and healthcare providers alike. Our platform is about more than just job placements. It’s about leveraging the power of peer-to-peer connections among #physicians to make sure the right roles go to the right eyes, and patients in places like Belfair, WA continue to have access to timely care. This journey is personal to me. As a practicing #pediatrician, I live the impact of families not being able to get timely primary care and specialist visits, where either it's the emergency room or not getting seen at all. Every innovative solution, like the mobile clinic in North Mason County, reinforces my belief that we can overcome these challenges with creativity and collaboration. Let’s continue to push boundaries, to think creatively, and to work together to ensure every patient gets the care they deserve. 🌟 https://lnkd.in/ehu5-fqt 📰 Article by: Elise Takahama | The Seattle Times 📸 Photo credit: Kevin Clark | The Seattle Times St. Michael's Medical Center Peninsula Community Health Services (Washington) MASON GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION North Valley Hospital Washington State Hospital Association #HealthcareInnovation #CreativeSolutions #Healthcare #Innovation #PatientCare #HealthcareStaffing #MobileHealth #PrimaryCare

Picture yourself relaxing with your colleagues after work. Why is it that no matter how hard you try to avoid it, the conversation always circles back to work? The truth is, our work lives are a significant part of who we are. Whether you're tackling big projects, dealing with challenging situations, or striving to make a difference in your field, these experiences shape us daily. Now imagine that for #physicians, #nurses, #PAs, and #NPs, who spend their entire days making risky decisions about people's lives, sometimes life and death ones, next to each other all day. It's natural to want to share and, sometimes, vent about these moments (#HIPAA-compliantly of course). Moments that might have brought you to near tears, actual tears, or punched a wall in that corner family bathroom nobody ever uses. For many of us, these gatherings become a #safespace to unload about stressful decisions, mistakes, and frustrating conversations. They're also a great place to celebrate wins, share funny stories, build #camaraderie, and obtain much-needed #support. There's nobody to talk about these things besides the people you work with. Outsiders won't get it, and with medicine, honestly, a lot of it just makes people squeamish. Preventing #burnout and building #resilience comes from a workplace that values support and growth of its workforce personally and professionally. That's exponentially more true for people who practice #medicine, which is why Grapevyne believes in driving job matching through physicians who understand and trust each other. We believe #healthcare systems and independent practices should provide clinicians with a safe space to talk when they need to, be alone when they need to, and the right psychological/emotional tools to keep thriving and growing in their practice. Instead of midday yoga nobody can or is in the mental space to attend, or the 3rd room-temp pizza party of the year, teach #mindfulness, #journaling, and host debriefs and #roundtables that encourage learning from mistakes supportively instead of what I witnessed in med school during M&Ms (morbidity & mortality conferences) - #residents presenting slides to present their mistakes and getting just psychologically wrecked for their mistakes were made in front of an audience at 7:14 AM. Be aware of impactful events that happen in the workplace, the surrounding community, and the world at large. Be proactive about offering support when they happen in as individualized of a way as you can.

Hurt people hurt people. Hurt doctors hurt patients. In “Time Out: The Impact of Physician Burnout on Patient Care Quality and Safety in Perioperative Medicine”, Philip Shin et al. provide insights into the damaging effects of physician burnout in the care of perioperative #patients. TL;DR Findings: 😰 #Burnout is driven by chronic workplace stress, high workloads, and inadequate support. 😓 Emotional exhaustion and 👽 depersonalization among physicians have spiked since the pandemic. 💊 Burnout negatively impacts #patientsafety, team dynamics, and overall #healthcarequality. "A negative correlation between physician burnout and patient safety has been observed. Physician burnout can double the risk of patient safety and contribute to up to 7% to 10.6% of serious medical mistakes." 📉 Financial costs include high #turnover, #recruitment expenses, and decreased productivity. "High rate of physician burnout imposes a high direct and indirect cost on the health care systems at a staggering $4.6 billion/year." TL;DR Call to Action: 👩🏾⚕️ At the individual level, enhance #resilience through #mindfulness, relationship building, and positive psychology (PERMA: Positive emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Achievement). 👥 At the organizational level, ensure adequate #staffing and resource support, address workload management, and reduce the burdens caused by EMR, "in-basket" messages, and administrative tasks. 🌎 At the cultural level, create a psychologically safe work environment, address micro- and macroaggressions, and mitigate individual stress and strain to organizational changes such as when implementing new regulations. 🍇 Follow Grapevyne, where we're building a platform dedicated to matching physicians better to open roles. A better workplace fit means doctors stay happier, stay healthier, and stay longer so the patients you serve live happier, live healthier, and live longer. Huh... how'd that last one get in there 😇

This is how you bring physicians to your community. Murphy's Landing in Vernon, British Columbia just moved in its first medical resident into its newly developed, dedicated #medicaltrainee housing. Thousands of #residents in the area did not have access to a single #familymedicine doctor and now they have opened a #residency program and provided affordable housing for its trainees. Not a new concept, but just an example of how rural communities can create incentives and provide outreach to attract more candidates into the right place. #RuralHealth matters and though everyone suffers from physician shortages, it has become dire in some communities more than others. Showcasing these types of developments and how you'll truly integrate into a community is what we are building at Grapevyne. It's not just another #jobboard. It's not another recruiting agency either. Driven by physician referrals, it matches physicians who will most likely come and stay in a community because they get shared job posts from people they trust. https://lnkd.in/eZfG23ZW Article by Roger Knox at the Vernon Morning Star.