Fierce Healthcare March 31, 2020
More than 1 in 3 cardiologists in the U.S. are feeling burned out, according to results of a new survey presented at the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC’s) annual scientific sessions, being held virtually together with the World Congress of Cardiology.
Of the just over 2,000 heart doctors who responded to the survey, 35.4% reported burnout and nearly 44% reported they were stressed. The current survey was developed after several add-on questions specific to burnout were included on the ACC’s most recent Professional Life Survey and revealed roughly one-quarter of cardiologists reported burnout in 2015.
“This is alarming,” said Laxmi Mehta, M.D., director of preventive cardiology and women’s cardiovascular health at Ohio State University and the study’s lead author, in...
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