Called to Care

Called to Care

by Larry Benz

About the Book

Experience the golden standard of healthcare today. As a medical professional, you operate in a more disconnected environment than your predecessors. Compliance standards and excessive documentation keep you in front of screens instead of patients. Low reimbursement rates mean packing the day with appointments, sacrificing quality of care. In this second edition, expanded and updated to address virtual care and the growing role of artificial intelligence in healthcare, Dr. Larry Benz continues his mission to humanize the patient experience in a rapidly evolving landscape. In Called to Care, Dr. Benz shows you how to rise above the constraints and build authentic connections by treating patients as people, not numbers. New insights on integrating digital tools without losing the human touch equip providers to thrive in both in-person and digital environments. Discover how to reclaim your compassion, restore your patient relationships, and revive your calling while navigating the future of healthcare with clarity and purpose.

Praise

“Called to Care is a call to action. This terrific book serves as both a guide and a beacon to ignite positive changes in the way we care for patients. Larry Benz's clear-eyed and deeply researched book reimagines healthcare with practical insight, inspiring stories, and actionable tools. May it be widely read and applied.”

— Samantha Boardman, MD, positive psychiatrist at Positive Prescription and Weill Cornell Medicine; APA Distinguished Fellow; chair, WPA Positive Psychiatry; and Wall Street Journal contributor

“Larry Benz has written a very timely and unique guide for caregivers who can benefit from using the applicable findings of positive psychology to enhance well-being, improve outcomes, and reduce burnout. He is a visionary who has gone beyond just providing physical therapy and care for people's bodies; now he has added the game-changing and evidence-based findings of flourishing to those who are called to serve others.”

— Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP, bestselling author of Creating Your Best Life, Getting Grit, and My Name is Caroline

“Thanks to Larry Benz's teachings, feelings of burnout over the healthcare system's machine-like efficiency and misplaced goals have given way to energizing and authentic relationship building mechanisms that I put into practice every day. Not only does Benz deliver keen insight into the state of affairs in our broken healthcare system, he also generously provides practical tools for anyone wishing to recapture the true calling of what it means to be a healthcare provider or a true healer.”

— Jason ZW Powers, MD, MAPP, DABFM, DABAM, chief medical officer, Positive Recovery Centers and author of When The Servant Becomes The Master 2nd Ed., central recovery pres

Larry Benz

About Larry Benz

Dr. Larry Benz

Dr. Larry Benz, PT, DPT, FAPTA, MBA, OCS, MAPP, is the co-founder of Confluent Health and CEO of the Dental Care Alliance. A nationally recognized leader in private practice physical therapy and occupational medicine, he has received numerous industry honors and is a Catherine Worthingham Fellow. Dr. Benz serves as Chair of the University of Louisville Board of Trustees and sits on the boards of the University of Louisville Athletic Association and UofL Health. His service also includes time as a distinguished U.S. Army Captain in the Army Medical Specialist Corps, during which he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal.

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