HealthLeaders Media June 5, 2024
Connie Savor Price says physician burnout leads to medical errors and compromises the quality of care.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– There is no “singular solution” to the problem of physician burnout, Denver Health CMO Connie Savor Price says.
– A primary effort to address physician burnout at Denver Health has been to reduce excessive workload and administrative burdens.
– The health system has enlisted the help of frontline clinicians to propose and develop physician burnout initiatives.
Addressing physician burnout is fundamental to promoting patient safety and care quality, says Connie Savor Price, MD, MBA, CMO at Denver Health.
Physician burnout was widespread before the coronavirus pandemic and spiked during the public health emergency. A study found that from September 2019 to...
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