Dr. Paul DeChant advises C-level healthcare executives on managing critical problems such as financial and staffing challenges by addressing the root causes of clinician burnout. Following 25 years practicing family medicine in settings as varied as the San Francisco bay area, Breckenridge Colorado, and Geisinger Health in Central Pennsylvania, he became CEO of the Sutter Gould Medical Foundation, where he led a transformation that achieved recognition for the group as the highest performing among 170 medical groups across the State of California two years in a row, while improving physician satisfaction from the 45th to 87th percentile on AMGA’s Provider Satisfaction Survey. He received his MD from the Oregon Health Sciences University and his MBA from the University of Colorado-Denver. Co-author of the book, “Preventing Physician Burnout: Curing the Chaos and Returning Joy to the Practice of Medicine”, Paul speaks internationally, and blogs regularly at www.pauldechantmd.com

In this episode, we chat about:

:: Paul's journey from clinician to advisor

:: concepts of burnout, resilience, and moral injury

:: how to reduce chaos and reduce order in the healthcare workplace

:: how value conflicts affect the medical system

:: how COVID19 affected clinicians

:: how he works with senior leadership at healthcare organizations to identify and intervene on sources of burnout

:: the relevance of "Undercover Boss" to the approach Paul takes

:: the impact his work has created on staff satisfaction and retention

You can find Paul online here:

www.pauldechantmd.com

www.organizationalwellbeingsolutions.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauldechantmd/

To email him:

paul@pauldechantmd.com

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For more information on my book, Patient, Empower Thyself!, including the pre-order link, go to:

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Patient-Empower-Thyself!/Claudia-Cometa/9781954676893