Factors that may explain the increase in physician burnout in healthcare

Healthcare Finance News August 20, 2018
Jeff Lagasse

Electronic health records play a big part and the problem is especially prevalent in emergency, family, internal medicine and pediatrics.

In just three years, physician burnout has increased from 45.5 percent to 54.4 percent, and it’s not because doctors are more depressed or less content at home. They’re less happy at work.

These are the findings from researchers at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, who listed three main factors that contribute to this increasingly widespread phenomenon.

For one, the doctor-patient relationship has been morphed into an insurance company-client relationship, imposing limitations on the treatment doctors can provide to the insurance company’s members.

Then there are feelings of cynicism, resulting from patients no longer expecting continuity of care...

Today's Sponsors

Today's Sponsor