Medscape July 14, 2021
Global action is needed to improve clinician well-being and reduce burnout, both of which are and will be crucial for providing high-quality patient care, four major cardiology organizations from around the world said in a joint statement published July 13 in their flagship journals.
“Over the last several decades, there have been significant changes in healthcare with the expansion of technology, regulatory burden, and clerical task loads. These developments have come at a cost to the well-being and work-life integration of clinicians,” co-author Athena Poppas, MD, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, observed in a press release issued with the document from the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association (AHA), the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the...