What to Expect Wednesday, Oct. 12 at the Medical Practice Excellence: Leaders Conference

WEDNESDAY'S GENERAL SESSION: 

The MPE: Leaders Conference’s closing general session is today at 8:30 a.m. in the Main Ballroom, with leadership keynote speaker, author and positive psychology researcher Neil Pasricha. His talk is just what we need for the last day of the conference, "The Science of Positive Growth Mindset."

As Pasricha writes on his website, "Does success lead to happiness? Or … does happiness lead to success?" He unpacks that question through research he has published in Harvard Business Review together with the latest studies in the emerging landscape.

According to his website, Pasricha challenges audiences by asking, “Would you press a button to have 31% higher productivity, 37% higher sales, and 300% greater creativity on Monday morning?” When people say “of course”, he explains how to achieve it without the magic button.

If you're still not sure if you want to hear Pascricha today, then check out the following from his article, “7 Science-Backed Ways To Be Happy Right Now,”

“Carrying out five conscious acts of kindness a week dramatically improves your happiness,” Pascricha writes. “Depending on your personality it’s not always natural to think about holding the door open for a couple minutes as a room exits, shovelling our neighbor’s sidewalk and walkway, or writing a Christmas card to the apartment building security guard we see every morning.

“But Sonja Lyubomirsky, author of The How of Happiness, did a study asking Stanford students to perform five acts of kindness over a week. Not surprisingly, they reported much higher happiness levels than the test group. Why? They felt good about themselves! People appreciated them.”

LIVE FROM BOSTON, IT'S M-G-M-A! AGAIN!

What if you were an MGMA member and used your commute time to tune in to the MGMA Insights podcast? What if you decided to attend the MGMA Medical Practice Excellence Leaders Conference and bumped into the host of MGMA's podcasts? What if the attendee and host struck up a conversation and decided, what the heck, let's do a podcast episode live from the exhibit hall floor?

Well, that's exactly what happened to Mariely Taveras, practice manager, pulmonary practice at Weill Cornell Medicine.

In this onsite podcast interview, Taveras talks about networking with peers, the goals she had for this week in Boston, and her aspirations as a healthcare leader.

Wednesday's Session Spotlight

​G1: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Scaredy Cats​ 
Speaker: Jessica Ellis-Wilson, CMPE, Principal Consultant, Practical Management
Time: 10:00am-12:15pm | Location: Room 253

This in-depth overview will level-set attendees' understanding of DEI work, and empower them with simple, actionable steps to evolve their teams, their organizations, and themselves. | Related: MGMA Insights Podcast

​G3: An Executive Guide: Dealing with Disruptive Patients, Pandemics, Social Media, and Active Shooters
Speaker: Penny Crow, MS, SHRM-SCP, RHIA, Principal and Chief Compliance Officer, Brittain-Kalish Group, LLC, and M. Christine Kalish, MBA CMPE, President/ CEO, Brittain-Kalish Group, LLC
Time: 10:00am-12:15pm | Location: Room 153

Social media is an unfiltered primary news source, reporting crisis after crisis. Patients and staff are equally affected. So how does a practice remain safe and care for everyone? This session will provide interactive conversation, hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. | Related: MGMA Data Stories

G4: Taking Care of Our Staff: Maintaining Purpose and Impacting Quality 
Speaker: Kristen Storne-Piazza, MA, LMFT, CRCHP, Orchard Hospital and CSRHA
Time: 10:00-11:00am | Location: Room 258

This session will introduce tools and methods to identify and address employee and provider compassion fatigue and data-driven interventions and strategies that produce higher patient, staff and provider satisfaction, work efficiency, and patient quality outcomes. | Related: MGMA Stat

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Medical Practice Excellence: Leaders Conference (DX)
Can't make it to Boston? Let us simplify the Medical Practice Excellence Conference by delivering premier content to your space. This online conference delivers more than ten hours of sessions streamed live from the Medical Practice Excellence Conference. Sessions include several concurrent sessions packed with great exclusive online content presented live, general session content and special networking opportunities with peers. MPE: Leaders (DX) attendees also have access to interviews and podcasts, November 8-10.