Description:
Dr. Larry Benz helps healthcare providers reclaim compassion and rebuild patient connections despite burnout, heavy documentation, and rising AI, blending human care with digital tools for in-person and virtual practice.
Brief description: 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.
Review Quotes:
"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; andWall 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 Press
"Compelling research has shown that trust is the single greatest predictor of success in patient care from a neuroscience perspective. Gaining trust involves showing care, compassion, empathy, and reassurance to patients. Possibly mistaken, these same traits are often referred to as 'soft skills, ' yet are fundamental core provider skills needed in healthcare, especially today. Dr. Benz's Called to Care epitomizes how the psychology behind this can make such a positive impact in patient outcomes and provider satisfaction. A MUST READ for anyone involved in patient care."
-Adriaan Louw, PT, PhD, world-renowned clinical neuroscience researcher and physical therapist
"In my over thirty-five years of clinical practice, I have witnessed a steady decline in human connection subsumed by the requirements for more data, more screens, less time, and a loss of the purpose that originally called us to these honorable professions. At last, a compassionate voice is guiding us back to Hippocrates's wisdom, which stated, "It is far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has." This is a required read for the entire healthcare industry and a clarion call to get back to our roots of caring for those we serve."
-Timothy W. Flynn, PT, PhD, former President of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists and professor of physical therapy at South College, TN