Burnout on the Ides of March: Efforts Stall to Contain a Raging Fire

Two years ago this week, the World Health Organization (WHO) described COVID-19 as a pandemic — about the same time a cruise ship was held at sea off the California coast, with 3,500 people on board ultimately testing positive for the coronavirus. 

Today, masks are required. Social distancing is practiced. Countries close and open their borders, schools and public facilities shutter and open, and the embers of burnout explode as the Ides of March arrive. ICD10monitor and Talk Ten Tuesdays continue to report on the growing crisis and also the exposure of widening cracks in America’s health system infrastructure caused by the coronavirus, denying healthcare services to many of America’s disadvantaged communities. Reporting of this unchecked burnout during the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays will be one of America’s foremost psychiatrists, H. Steven Moffic, MD.

The live broadcast will also feature these other segments:

• Coding Report: Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will report on the outcome of the two-day meeting of the Coordination and Maintenance Committee (C&M) meeting held on Tuesday and Wednesday of this past week.
  
  
•  Tuesday Focus: Social Determinants of Health: Terry Fletcher, nationally recognized professional auditor, coder, educator, and author, will report on the need for accurate coding of the social determinants of health (SDoH). 
  
  
•  News Desk: John Zelem, MD, FACS, founder and CEO of Streamline Solutions Consulting, will anchor the Talk-Ten-Tuesdays News Desk.
  
  
•  TalkBack: Erica Remer, MD, founder and president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc. and Talk-Ten-Tuesdays co-host, will report on a subject that has caught her attention during her popular segment.