Minimizing Medical Burnout: Felicia Sadler Of Relias On How Hospitals and Medical Practices Are Helping To Reduce Physician and Healthcare Worker Burnout

An Interview With Jake Frankel

Authentic participatory leadership: Leaders should be authentic and lead by example. It is important to be visible while listening to staff and ready to provide meaningful strategies in response to concerns. Engaging teams and incorporating their feedback is essential to demonstrate that they are being heard.

The pandemic was hard on all of us. But statistics have shown that the pressures of the pandemic may have hit physicians and healthcare workers the hardest. While employment is starting to return to pre-pandemic levels generally, the healthcare sector is lagging behind with a significant percentage of healthcare workers not returning to work. This is one of the factors that is causing a shortage of doctors. Some experts say that the US may soon be short almost 124,000 physicians. (See here for example)

What are hospitals and medical practices doing to help ease the extreme mental strain of doctors and healthcare workers? What are hospitals and medical practices doing to help solve the scourge of physician and healthcare worker burnout?

To address these questions, we are talking to hospital administrators, medical clinic executives, medical school experts, and experienced physicians who can share stories and insights from their experience about “How Hospitals and Medical Practices Are Helping To Reduce Physician and Healthcare Worker Burnout”. As a part of this series, I had the pleasure of interviewing Felicia Sadler, MJ BSN RN CPHQ LSSBB.

Felicia Sadler has 30 years of experience as a registered nurse and is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality, a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt in Healthcare, and has served as an examiner for the Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence. Felicia is currently Vice President of Quality at Relias, trusted education and workforce development partner to more than 11,000…