Industry Voices—Banner Health exec calls for scaling efforts to end physician burnout

Fierce Healthcare February 13, 2020
Marjorie Bessel, MD

Burnout among physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs) is one of the most critical issues in healthcare.

Roughly half of these professionals reported at least one burnout symptom, such as emotional exhaustion and detachment from patients, in a Mayo Clinic survey.

When burnout strikes, a health professional’s ability to provide quality care is diminished, and the likelihood of a safety mishap or medical error rises. Physician burnout costs the U.S. health system approximately $4.6 billion annually in turnover, reduced productivity and other costs.

In extreme cases, burnout leads to suicide. A physician commits suicide every day in this country—twice the national average. The trauma of a colleague’s suicide has touched the lives of most U.S. physicians and APPs.

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