Healthcare DIVE February 20, 2018
Chief wellness officers are becoming more mainstream
As healthcare organizations look for ways to reduce physician burnout, some are placing their bets on a new C-suite role: chief wellness officer.
Hospitals that appoint an executive to oversee wellness anticipate not only happier employees but also improved patient experience and outcomes.
Physician burnout is at an all-time high. In a recent Medscape survey, nearly two-thirds of doctors reported feeling burned out, depressed or both. Worse, 33% of respondents said those feelings impacted their patient interactions. Burnout rates were highest among family physicians, intensivists, internists, neurologists and OB-GYNs, and were higher among women than men.
This epidemic, if you will, comes as the nation faces a growing shortage of doctors. The Association...
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