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-: When I first started practicing medicine,
it was all about,
go in put my medical knowledge to use.
Administration, managing other providers,
going into logistics of how a practice is run
and all that was very daunting to me
and not really even something
that I was,
that interested in initially.
And then I started to see,
"Hey, the management around me,
they seem to really enjoy their job.
Maybe that's something I would be interested in."
Through OptumCare were able
to consider advancements,
such as becoming a Medical Director,
like myself, I manage 10 different clinics.
I manage anywhere between
75 providers at a time.
And definitely OptumCare
has provided that opportunity.
-: Many of us go into practice
with the idea of
"I'm gonna be a doctor
and go in and see patients."
And you do that everyday
and all day long, and in and out.
And thinking that management or leadership
is for somebody else.
Somebody else that's...they're already,
their talented in that way
and their gonna go that way anyway.
And to have the support there,
the positivity and the tools
to show you that,
you really do have that within you.
And that you can implement it.
And not only do you learn so much about yourself
and the strengths that you do have,
that you may not have realized before.
But then how you can help
those around you,
to elevate themselves as well.
-: There's so many different ways
to advance that,
you really don't think of
when your a doctor.
You just go there so see patients.
But, you really do get the chance
to focus on your skills
and also your talents,
to really grow with that.
So whether its with,
computers or technologies,
or research or patient care.
Or scheduling templates,
or ergonomics or
how the office is set up.
There's so many different people
who grow into these roles,
and really do help us
get to the successes
where were at everyday.
-: Then when you do have ideas
that you feel like
they are possible to implement,
that your not stuck in it.
If you have something that,
" Gosh, maybe we can do this better"
Somebody's gonna hear you
and that you might have that tools
and those resources in management
to make that change,
to make better patient care.
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