Host Dr. Marie Brown, internist and Physician Director of Practice Redesign at the AMA, joins Dr. Diana Savitzky, pediatric emergency medicine physician and Chair of the Well-Being Section of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) to discuss the unique stressors that impact emergency physicians and how alleviating “pebbles in the shoe” can improve physician well-being and team operations.

Case Study of How Alleviating “Pebbles in the Shoe” Improves Operations in the Emergency Department: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0820p1jh

Getting Rid of Stupid Stuff Toolkit: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/steps-forward/module/2757858

ACEP supports the ABC-ED Act: https://www.emergencyphysicians.org/siteassets/emphysicians/all-images/advocacy/lac25_boarding.pdf

ACEP AHRQ Summit on Boarding: https://www.acep.org/news/acep-newsroom-articles/acep-leads-national-summit-on-the-boarding-crisis

ACEP Well Workplace Policy Link: https://www.acep.org/patient-care/policy-statements/well-workplace

Info about Lorna Breen Act & Credentialing: https://drlornabreen.org/removebarriers/

POLICY Violence Prevention: https://www.acep.org/patient-care/policy-statements/violence-prevention-and-intervention-in-emergency-medical-services-systems

Access the transcript for this episode: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/steps-forward/audio-player/18996296

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