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U.S. Hospitals Feeling the Pain of Physician Burnout [REPRINT]
Source: Reuters Health News via MDLinx [11/22/17]
Hospitals are just beginning to recognize the toll of burnout on their operations
Experts estimate, for example, that it can cost more than $1 million to recruit and train a replacement for a doctor who leaves because of burnout. But, as no broad calculation of burnout costs exists, Dr. Tait Shanafelt, a former Mayo Clinic researcher who became Stanford Medicine’s first chief physician wellness officer in September said Stanford, Harvard Business School, Mayo Clinic, and the American Medical Association (AMA) are working on that. They have put together a comprehensive estimate of the costs of burnout at the organizational and societal level, which has been submitted to a journal for review.
Shanafelt and other researchers have shown that burnout erodes job performance, increases medical errors, and leads doctors to leave a profession they once loved.
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Hospitals can ill afford these added expenses in an era of tight margins, costly nursing shortages, and uncertainty over the fate of the Affordable Care Act, which has put capital projects and payment reform efforts on hold.
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Physician Burnout
The crisis in American medicine:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/healthcare/the-burnout-crisis-in-american-medicine/ar-AAx6FKw?li=BBnbfcL
Ann Miller RN MHA
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38% of Doctors Are Pessimistic About Medicine Today
Leavitt Partners recently released a white paper on physician attitudes toward the practice of medicine. Here are some key findings from the report:
• 38% of doctors say they are pessimistic about the practice of medicine today.
• 2 in 3 physicians aren’t confident in their practice’s financial stability.
• Nearly half of doctors with 20+ years practicing medicine have a negative view.
Source: Healthcare Dive, October 19, 2018
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Less Burnout Seen Among U.S. Physicians
Study
The burnout rate among physicians in the United States dropped modestly in 2017 from a peak in 2014 and currently stands near 2011 levels, according to a newly released triennial study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. While acknowledging progress, the American Medical Association (AMA) today warned more needs to be done to reduce physician burnout and called on leaders in the healthcare system to remain focused on driving research, interventions,workflow and teamwork enhancements, policy changes, and technology improvements.
The new triennial study conducted by researchers from the AMA, the Mayo Clinic, and Stanford University School of Medicine found 43.9 percent of U.S. physicians exhibited at least one symptom of burn out in 2017, compared with 54.4 percent in 2014 and 45.5 percent in 2011. In comparison, the overall prevalence of burnout among U.S. workers was 28.1 percent in 2017, similar to levels found in 2014 (28.4 percent) and 2011 (28.6 percent).
Source: AMA [2/22/19]
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Burnout Video
From Pam Wible MD:
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Medical Students
https://www.kevinmd.com/2022/07/to-fight-medical-student-burnout-focus-less-on-the-clinic-and-more-on-life.html
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