physician burnout

Burnout could cause 51% of healthcare executives to leave current role — 5 findings

By Angie Stewart for Becker’s Hospital Review Most healthcare executives believe burnout is negatively impacting their organization and don’t think enough is being done about it, according to a Witt/Kieffer survey. Witt/Kieffer surveyed nearly 350 healthcare executives to evaluate how burnout affects healthcare leader retainment and advancement. Key findings: Overall, 79 percent of respondents said…

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Physician burnout is a ‘public health crisis’: 3 strategies to address it

By Jessica Kim Cohen for Becker’s Hospital Review Physician burnout is a public health issue that “urgently demands action” from the rest of the healthcare industry, according to a report from Harvard University and Massachusetts trade groups. The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, Harvard Global Health Institute in Cambridge, Mass., Massachusetts…

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Physicians employed by hospitals and corporations more dissatisfied than independent doctors

By Jeff Lagasse for Healthcare Finance A national survey from analytics company Geneia found physicians who are employed by hospitals and corporations are more dissatisfied and burned out than those who work independently and in physician-owned practices. The survey focused on 300 full-time physicians who have been practicing post-residency medicine for more than four years. WHY IT…

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Physician pay stagnates and women report lower salaries, PracticeMatch says

By Beth Jones Sanborn for Healthcare Finance The largest increase from 2016 to 2017 attributed to Emergency Medicine, a specialty that saw nearly five percent growth. What Happened  PracticeMatch’s annual physician survey showed physician pay has stagnated, female doctors are still being paid less than their male colleagues. That said, among both genders overall job…

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Healthcare Professional Burnout: Spot It, Stop It

By Rachel Tirabassi It’s about time the burnout syndrome is making headlines in healthcare. But what exactly is it? An article published by JAMA, defines burnout as “an individual losing enthusiasm for work (emotional exhaustion), treating people as if they were objects (depersonalization), and having a sense that their work is no longer meaningful (low…

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The doctor is out? Why physicians are leaving their practices to pursue other careers

By Nicole Spector for NBC News “After 20 years, I quit medicine and none of my colleagues were surprised. In fact, they all said they wish they could do the same,” said one doctor. The news that New York University will offer free tuition to all its medical school students, in the hope of encouraging…

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Physician burnout may cause more medical errors than unsafe care settings

By Megan Knowles for Becker’s Hospital Review Physicians experiencing burnout were more likely to report medical errors — and burnout may be to blame for more errors than unsafe workplace conditions, a study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings found. “If we are trying to maximize the safety and quality of medical care, we must address…

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Physician Burnout? See how Speech Recognition Can Help!

By Laura Baukol for nVoq Mirroring national trends, the Stanford doctors who responded to both the 2013 and 2016 surveys expressed increased burnout and decreased professional fulfillment. In fact, there was a 13 percent increase between 2013 and 2016 for those who self-reported burnout. In addition, the survey found those who indicated that they held a…

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The physician reluctance to seek mental health treatment

By Sara Reader, MD, MPH for KevinMD.com The recent suicides of an NYU resident and a medical student highlight the growing mental health problem among physicians and physicians-in-training in this country.  This crisis is certainly not exclusive to physicians, as evidenced by the suicides of designer Kate Spade and television personality Anthony Bourdain.  However, suicide…

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