May is Mental Health Awareness Month and as a Doctor, it’s important to take care of your own mental health as well as your patients’ health. Here are some tips and resources that may be helpful: Practice self-care: Make sure to take care of your own physical and mental health …
Read More »Some Doctors May Be At Higher Risk For Burnout Studies Show
Source: American Medical Association Written By: Sara Berg, MS November 30, 2022–During her career, AMA member Kim Templeton, MD, has seen the issues that physicians are facing at all stages of their careers. More specifically, Dr. Templeton has conducted research on the issues that women physicians face in terms of …
Read More »Physicians Leveraging Telehealth
Source: American Medical Association Written By: Tanya Albert Henry With physician burnout at all all-time high, physicians are searching for ways to provide high-quality patient care while easing some of the burdens prevalent in medicine today. “Never before has there been a greater need to be able to leverage digital …
Read More »Why So Many Doctors Are Leaving The Workforce
Source: advisory.com Oct. 25, 2022 (Advisory Board) — A report published Thursday by Definitive Healthcare found that nearly 334,000 health care providers—including 117,000 physicians—left the workforce in 2021, with many citing burnout and pandemic-related stressors, Mari Devereaux writes for Modern Healthcare. Report findings and key details In the report, commercial …
Read More »Chief Wellness Officers Battle Physician Burnout
Research from the National Academy of Medicine shows that burnout is mainly caused by policies of an organization that are outside of an individual clinician’s control. Physician burnout involves three main components: emotional exhaustion, a lack of sense of personal accomplishment and depersonalization. Burnout is often accompanied by a lack …
Read More »Health Systems Supporting Frontline Workers Mental Health
Before the pandemic, mental health initiatives for medical staff were put on the back burner. Many studies reported high Physician burnout rates and experiences of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a feeling of low personal accomplishment. COVID-19 has had a major impact on an already stressed field. So now more than …
Read More »TED Talks To Help Battle Burnout
Doctors are at high risk for burnout. According to the American Medical Association, Physician burnout is a long‑term stress reaction characterized by depersonalization. This can include: Cynical or negative attitudes toward patients. Emotional exhaustion. A feeling of decreased personal achievement. Lack of empathy for patients. Here are some TED talks that …
Read More »First Responders: Tips For Taking Care of Yourself During a Crisis
Being a first responder during a crisis is challenging but rewarding work. To take care of their patients, healthcare providers must be feeling well and thinking clearly. Responders experience high rates of stress during a crisis. According to the CDC, when stress builds up it can cause: Burnout – feelings of …
Read More »Specialties With the Highest and Lowest Rates of Burnout
Burnout is a major obstacle for Physicians that affects their happiness, relationships, career, and the care they provide. It has been described as long-term, unresolvable job-related stress that leads to exhaustion, cynicism, feelings of detachment from one’s job responsibilities, and lack of a sense of personal accomplishment. A new triennial …
Read More »Doctors Blame Burnout On Tech Tool Interruptions
A survey was conducted by HIMSS Analytics, which is associated with HIMSS, the parent company of Healthcare Finance News and Vocera, an IT company that offers a clinical communications platform. Physicians and nurses report a high level of stress associated with interruptions from texts, alerts, alarms, pages and phone calls, all having …
Read More »Physician Burnout Heavily Influenced by Leadership Behaviors
Alexandra Wilson Pecci http://healthleadersmedia.com Researchers find a “very strong relationship between [physician] satisfaction and burnout and the leadership behaviors of physician supervisors” in large healthcare organizations. Physician burnout is prevalent throughout the U.S. healthcare system—experienced by nearly half (46%) of physicians, according to data published in JAMA last year. But effective leadership …
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