Medical Economics November 27, 2024
Richard Payerchin

Key Takeaways

  • Enhancing physician control over work conditions can reduce burnout and intentions to leave or reduce clinical work.
  • The study involved 2,339 physicians and highlighted the correlation between low control and high burnout.
  • Balancing standardization with physician influence over decisions like scheduling and team composition is crucial.
  • Physicians reported varying levels of control over work conditions, with significant impacts on burnout and career intentions.

Institutional leaders want to standardize practices, but flexibility may be a key to keeping doctors.

More workplace control could be a solution to reduce physician burnout and the intention to reduce clinical work or leave a job, according to a new study.

“Physician control and influence over their immediate care environment has declined...

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