Robert Pearl, M.D. January 25, 2022
I was heartened this week to see so many passionate and caring people gathered together to solve one of healthcare’s most pressing challenges: physician burnout.
At the Healthcare Burnout Symposium #HBS22 held in San Francisco on Jan. 24 and 25, I had the opportunity to present the keynote address. In front of an engaged and enthusiastic crowd, I offered my appreciation and admiration for the expertise of everyone in the room. So many hardworking and committed individuals have done remarkable work, not only highlighting the hard realities of burnout and the pain it causes, but also finding ways to address these challenges in innovative ways.
And yet, all of us have been forced to acknowledge how little has changed over...