Wayne Teris

Dr. Wayne Teris, Chief Medical Officer for Care Compass Network, has received his Certified Physician Executive (CPE) credential from the American Association for Physician Leadership. He encourages others to do the same. Due to rapid shifts in the healthcare landscape, with the transition to value-based payment and emphasis on social determinants of health, Dr. Teris believes this training is more significant now than ever before. This is particularly relevant as the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated these changes, for example, by dramatically increasing the use of telemedicine.

In his role, Dr. Teris talks with physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers, and anyone working with patients to address burnout. He has administered the Maslach survey – well known as an objective tool measuring workplace burnout issues. The initial survey, conducted in November of 2018, reported individual results back to each respondent and collective results to organization leaders. Once the leaders had a chance to review, the outcomes were then shared across the region. In response, Dr. Teris brought speakers who presented to all the senior leaders and provided a keynote address focused on burnout’s impacts on the quality of healthcare and workforce turnover.