Becker's Healthcare January 16, 2019
Michael Morgan

For some, the term “burnout” might be the latest buzzword but, when it comes to healthcare – it’s a significant problem.

And, it’s one that doesn’t just impact physicians but nurses and administrative staff too. A study from the Journal of General Internal Medicine reports that nearly 50% of nurse care managers and 36% of front office staff feel burned out.

Physicians work long hours to care for a growing number of patients yet compliance requirements are expanding the time they must spend on non-clinical paperwork. Meanwhile, nursing and office staff are often left to juggle tasks with inefficient and inoperable systems that zap productivity through complicated, redundant processes that require logging in and out of multiple systems.

These administrative...

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