Let me start by welcoming all of my new readers and followers, I truly appreciate the support. We put so much time and effort on our websites to show who we are and what we do.

I feel it’s quite limiting. If we put down everything we do or have done in our personal and professional lives, well it could be an encyclopedia or a sizzling best seller.

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For primary care physicians — already saddled with student debt obligations, volume-based performance demands, declining reimbursements, increasing administrative challenges, and overall burnout — the spread of COVID-19 has been a pressure test. It has exposed weaknesses in the financial, clinical and operational aspects of primary care, and left thousands of doctors scrambling to save their practices.

In the year ahead, successful healthcare systems will step up their patient experience and engagement efforts.

That’s because the healthcare consumerism movement is growing, and patient expectations regarding their healthcare providers are increasing. They expect the same level of customer service they’d receive from any retailer, and if they don’t get it, they will seek care elsewhere.

Having a good, positive attitude, along with positive thinking, at work will reflect on what you do and make you a more productive employee. This can determine how well you get your projects done and also how others perceive you.

If you display a good attitude, you may increase your chances for a promotion or a raise if you are a positive role model for others within your department at work.