About this episode

Dr. John Birkmeyer discusses the challenges in inpatient medicine and how Sound Physicians is addressing them.

This episode’s Community Champion Sponsor is Ossur. To learn more about their ‘Responsible for Tomorrow’ Sustainability Campaign, and how you can get involved: CLICK HERE Episode Overview: Physician shortages, relentless reimbursement cuts, and rising burnout are quietly destabilizing the hospitals that communities depend on most. Dr. John Birkmeyer is confronting these challenges head-on as president of Sound Physicians, a physician-founded organization partnering with more than 400 hospitals across 45 states to deliver high-quality inpatient care. A Harvard Medical School graduate and member of the National Academy of Medicine, Dr. Birkmeyer brings decades of health services research alongside executive leadership at Dartmouth Health to bear on the most pressing problems in hospital medicine today. Join us to discover how Dr. Birkmeyer and Sound Physicians are leveraging data-driven performance improvement, physician-led culture, and emerging AI tools to reduce burnout, navigate reimbursement pressures, and build a more sustainable future for inpatient care. Let's go! Episode Highlights: Dr. Birkmeyer joined Sound Physicians serendipitously, connecting through a headhunter…

People in this episode

Host: Mike Biselli

Guest: Dr. John Birkmeyer

Topics covered

• inpatient care
• physician shortages
• burnout
• health services research
• data-driven performance improvement

Keywords

• inpatient medicine
• physician burnout
• healthcare challenges
• Sound Physicians
• data-driven improvement

Sponsors

Ossur

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sound Physicians, Harvard Medical School, Dartmouth Health

Places: 45 states, Medicare

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