Medical Economics October 24, 2024
Key Takeaways
- Physician workload is a major factor in burnout, necessitating systemic changes to improve well-being.
- Recommendations include reducing workloads, ensuring mental health care access, and promoting diversity and inclusion.
- Institutions are implementing strategies like appointing chief well-being officers and reducing administrative burdens.
- More efforts are needed to address systemic barriers and apply rigorous research for effective interventions.
Addressing the crisis in physician well-being: Key strategies for the future of health care
Burnout is a major problem for physicians, and in recent years, more research has been done that illustrates the size and scope of the problem. Now, researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and the University of Michigan say that health systems and medical...