Burnout

One possible remedy for the current state of healthcare is greater use of physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) to meet the demands of patient care.

The NIAID head said the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the impact of professional dissatisfaction and fatigue.

How will physicians manage the increasing demand as patients return to care without getting burned out in the process?

If your healthcare organization is serious about retaining and attracting clinicians in the long term, now is the time to take action.

The pandemic has placed greater burdens on physicians, providers, and staff.

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.