High Impact Physician

Open Book || Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (with Dr. Cara Beatty)

March 10, 2021 High impact Physician
High Impact Physician
Open Book || Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (with Dr. Cara Beatty)
Show Notes

Heard of the book “Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard” (by Chip and Dan Heath) but don’t have time to read it? Get the most important insights from someone who’s applied them in medicine, Dr. Cara Beatty. 
On this episode, she and Sandy dig into:

  • Challenges between providers and their support staff
  • How slowing down can lead to more alignment
  • Why resistance to change is often due to a lack of clarity
  • A better approach to big complicated problems (vs. assuming a big complicated solution is needed)
  • The mental cost of doing things differently
  • Three biggest takeaways from the book

Dr. Beatty has been a Physician Executive for over 20 years and is the CMO of  Northeast Washington at Providence Health.