Clinician Well-being
A series of podcasts where we focus on important issues facing clinician leaders.
Burnout is a significant challenge for health care organizations, especially in rural hospitals that struggle with recruiting new clinicians.
The COVID-19 pandemic is placing unprecedented demands on the entire health care system. As the number of patients needing acute hospital care rapidly increases, hospitals may be challenged with significant shortages of staff and medical supplies such as personal protective equipment (PPE),…
Between one-third and one-half of U.S. clinicians experience burnout and addressing the epidemic requires systemic changes by health care organizations, educational institutions and all levels of government.
Michael Privitera, MD, MS, Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Director, Medical Faculty and Clinician Wellness Program at the University of Rochester Medical Center discusses critical leadership tools to help reduce burnout in clinicians. Human Factor Based Leadership: Critical…
The National Academy of Medicine Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience yesterday held its second public meeting on establishing clinician well-being as a national priority.
The National Academy of Medicine today launched the Clinician Well-Being Knowledge Hub, an online repository of resources to help health system leaders, clinicians and trainees combat clinician burnout.
Physician burnout is a silent epidemic that poses serious challenges to patient health and our health care system. But we rarely talk about it, especially the physicians.
Below are six actions everyone can take to address burnout in their organization while helping themselves and colleagues on the road to resilience.