Healthcare Finance News October 25, 2019
Clinician burnout is affecting between one-third and one-half of all of U.S. nurses and physicians, and 45 to 60% of medical students and residents, according to a National Academy of Medicine report released this week.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is among 32 institutions and foundations that sponsored the 296-page report, “Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being,” which investigates the causes of widespread clinician burnout and offers solutions to address the problem at its source.
What it found was a direct connection between clinician burnout and quality and safety in healthcare. Clinician burnout isn’t a new problem, but it appears to be getting worse due to factors that are inherent in today’s healthcare system.
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