Burnout

When used appropriately, technology can be a powerful tool for alleviating stress.

Physicians today are faced with burnout like never before. Here are three ways healthcare organizations can tackle this problem.

Overcoming the complicated burden with a personal path to recovery.

Three best practices for healthcare organizations.

The AMA defines “stupid stuff” as everything from irrelevant training requirements, well-intentioned but not useful risk management processes, and overinterpretations of health information requirements.

Addressing burnout is crucial to your long-term happiness and success as a physician.

Utilizing a resilience training program in times of high stress that integrates leading intervention strategies can harness the brain’s complex ability to change its response to stressors, to recover more quickly from stress, and to build resilience.

The cost of physician burnout is escalating as COVID-19 and the demand on our healthcare systems skyrockets. It is more important than ever for leaders to prioritize taking care of those who take care of their communities.

Effectively managing your stressors will increase your ability to care for patients.

How you can balance the clinical capacity created by the interplay of room, provider, and patient.

Life-altering change can strain mental and emotional well-being and easily cause many physicians to become paralyzed by mental fragility

Three ways to help your patients who may be suffering in silence.

Looking for the positive in the pandemic.

Protecting the investment you’ve made in your career and your ability to earn income is essential.

It starts with mindfulness, nutrition, and exercise

44 percent of doctors report burnout, with 15 percent reporting colloquial or clinical depression.

Deepening relationships with patients by asking meaningful questions and listening carefully may ease practice burdens.

Vendors and providers must collaborate on improvements, according to researchers.

An effective patient experience starts with focusing on staff satisfaction.

Are people are actually taking effective action to address the problem of burnout?

Physicians study how to heal patients. But they also need to learn how to grieve their loss.

New research is studying the effects of stress and long hours on physician intern health, and it’s changing their DNA.

As summer draws to a close, take stock of your career and make sure you are living the life you want.

It's summertime and that means finding the perfect work-beach balance. 

Though traditional fee-for-service reimbursement is tied to volume, quality patient care can’t be increased by simply adding more appointments. 

It’s good to seek professional help and try coping strategies when you’re feeling burned out. But if those don’t work, then it might be time to consider prioritizing yourself and walking away from your job.

EHR interoperability is a great idea in theory, but the reality leaves much to be desired.

“Probably one of the best decision's that I made, which has allowed me to continue to enjoy medical practice, was borne out of necessity.”

Oncologist Kamal Malaker unexpectedly found himself in need of heart surgery. The experience changed the way he practices medicine.

Here are some of the root causes and potential solutions for physician burnout.