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Is it time to “Stop It”?

August 10, 2017 by Debra Wiggs, FACMPE, V2V Founder

Part I:  A few questions to ask yourself and your practice colleagues

As I’ve gone around the country speaking and advising, I keep hearing people telling me they are becoming burned out; there is too much nowadays in the health care industry to pay attention to.  I have come to believe that as pharma, eHR, and non-surgical and surgical technology, has developed, it has become more complex.

For perspective, as recent as the early 1980’s’s, there were only five major antibiotics available to prescribe (can you name them?).  We had at our disposal only a couple of ways to look inside the body without a knife and only one way to treat hypertension (HCTZ and Lasix).  Think about those numbers in comparison to our health care system today.  We are on our fifth or sixth generation of antibiotics; you can peer inside the body more ways without a knife than with one and I don’t know the latest count on the number of medications to treat hypertension and heart disease, much less the array of treatments for a host of other diseases that actually had no long term treatment thirty years ago.

That cumulative effect can be overwhelming and in medicine we’re not very good at letting go of one activity or practice or diagnostic test in favor of another.  A patient prescribed imaging, for example, will often end up with a CAT scan, a MRI AND  Xray.  On top of that, someone may also throw a scope down your throat or up your bum, just to be sure.

Granted, that some of that is driven by an economic model but each of those modalities need to be managed.  In addition, there are a whole host of activities that could be ceased because they add no additional value to the outcome.  Allow me to illustrate by asking…when was the last time you evaluated all of your paper forms with the question “are they still necessary?”  Similarly, when was the last time you evaluated processes to confirm they were still effective and efficient?  And, as important, when was the last time you evaluated your physical space and considered the cost of known roadblocks in comparison to the cost of a remodel or relocation.

In short, what are the behaviors in your practice that are anchors around everyone’s neck?

There are only so many hours in a day. At some point you must let go of something in order to start something new.  I have a rule that a new pair of shoes to my wardrobe requires that I jettison an old pair. The same thing holds true in your medical practice.

Enter the “Stop It” button. 

This is an objective way to challenge you and your providers to think about your work, every day.  Are staff doing work that is actually someone else’s work?  Are they not getting work done? Are errors being made?  Those are all cues that you need to look for your practice’s “Stop It” button.

I recently had an experience with a practice exploring the things they could stop.  One physician told me she spent 45 minutes a day being interrupted by pharmaceutical reps.  After we, around the table, yelled “Stop It” and had a good laugh, we discussed how the practice could change their policy on these visits.  And, last I checked, she gained about four additional hours a week.  Those reps still stop by the practice, but they work with someone who can manage that time more effectively, so the physician can do more appropriate tasks, like seeing patients.

It’s those types of “little” things that are considered everyday activities that can be stopped or given to someone else appropriately trained and skilled.

So, what are you going to stop, today? 

Read Part II: Say “Stop It” to the Sacred Cow

Filed Under: Debra Wiggs, FACMPE, V2V Founder

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