Becker's Healthcare August 14, 2019
Clinician burnout is a significant challenge for healthcare organizations, with the potential to negatively affect care quality and patient satisfaction.1,2 At the Becker’s Hospital Review 10th Annual Meeting in Chicago, the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies sponsored an executive roundtable discussion including leaders from across the U.S. who came together to share strategies to reduce clinician burnout.
Clinician burnout has been correlated with decreased quality and safety indicators, decreased patient satisfaction, decreased job satisfaction, increased clinician intent to leave and decreased productivity, as well as increased indirect healthcare costs.3 Research published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings has also found the likelihood of medical errors can increase when there are high rates of physician burnout.4
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