Opinion | What If the Doctor Is Out?
Rosenbaum is a pediatrician and pediatrics professor. Brophy is an organizational sociologist and professor of health policy & management. Chief Complaint: Los Angeles House Staff Threaten to Strike In June 2022, Los Angeles interns and residents, collectively known as “house staff,” made a strike threat for what would have been the first house staff strike […]
Opinion | Healthcare Culture Is Hell
A strong organizational culture is considered the secret sauce of successful organizations. But the Latin term abyssus abyssum invocat (one hell calls forth another), explains perfectly why it is increasingly difficult to maintain optimal organizational cultures in healthcare. Hell #1: Pre-pandemic, health systems and their workers in both Canada and the U.S. were highly stressed. […]