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Heartline: Changemaking in HealthcareED Accreditation: Understanding the Initiative to Set Higher StandardsEpisode 69: Have you considered ways to elevate patient care and physician well-being? In this episode, Dr. Gillian Schmitz delves deep into the intricacies of emergency department, hospital, and physician group accreditation. In this enlightening discussion, she explores the significance of accreditation in ensuring quality care and safety standards for both patients and physicians. I can't think of anything more important than our ability to define what those standards should be for patients, for us to prevent burnout, to ensure we're given quality care. - Dr. Gillian Schmitz.Gillian Schmitz i...
2024-03-1943 min
Heartline: Changemaking in HealthcareEncore Episode with Dr. Gillian Schmitz: Using a Setback as a SpringboardMany say that with greater difficulty, bring greater glory in surmounting it. Join us in this week's episode with Dr. Gillian Schmitz, an emergency physician and associate professor, as this conversation will serve as a beacon of inspiration. In facing a career setback by not securing her initial lifelong goal of becoming a program director, Dr. Gillian Schmitz proves how this setback proved to be a pivotal turning point. Rather than dwelling on disappointment, she embraced resilience and sought new avenues for growth. This redirection ultimately led her to holding the prestigious role as the president of ACEP. Tune...
2024-02-2031 min
Heartline: Changemaking in HealthcarePart 2 with Dr. Gillian Schmitz: Fighting for DoctorsEpisode 24: Gillian Schmitz, MD, FACEP, is an Associate Professor at the Uniformed Services University and an emergency physician at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX. She currently serves as the Immediate Past President and a member of the Board of Directors of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).We discuss surprise billing and what the No Surprises Act was designed to do. Dr. Schmitz highlights the implementation challenges, including the fact that many insurance companies are not reimbursing physicians fairly or even showing up to arbitration, as the law requires.
2023-01-3129 min
Heartline: Changemaking in HealthcarePart 1 with Dr. Gillian Schmitz: The Future of Medicine is Bright When Physicians LeadEpisode 23: Gillian Schmitz, MD, FACEP is an Associate Professor at the Uniformed Services University and an emergency physician at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX. She currently serves as the Immediate Past President and a member of the Board of Directors of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).In this episode, we discuss our career paths in military medicine, including our positions as professors at The Uniformed Services University. Civilians can work as contractors and civil servants for the military, VA, and other government organizations. To learn more about government...
2023-01-2432 min