For many in health care, looking up from the frontline can be like looking up at the surface of the water from 500 feet under the ocean. But balancing the demands on us—our time, our energy, our resources—can be done.
We have the option of running healthy practices, financially, and doing more of what we love. Of course, it would help if those people and organizations that have the power to get rid of some of the hurdles we face paid attention to what we need most.
HALEE FISCHER-WRIGHT, who received her M.D. from the University of Colorado, is a nationally recognized physician leader, health care executive, and former business consultant, whose work focuses on innovation and creating cultures of excellence. Dr. Fischer-Wright is president and CEO of Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and is the co-author of Tribal Leadership, a New York Times bestseller.
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