Second Opinion August 5, 2024
Why we need a “systemic” solution to clinician burnout
As part of my new Second Opinion authors program, I invited Ann-Somers Hogg, director for health care at the Clayton Christensen Institute, to write about labor staffing and burnout issues. Her inaugural column tackles the question of whether we should be moving to four-day work weeks. As always, we’d love to hear your thoughts!
You are probably tired of hearing that physicians suffer from high levels of burnout. But it remains a topic of industry conversation because it is both an egregious problem that touches every corner of the healthcare ecosystem, and because no one has figured out the solution yet.
We need a new approach to...