MedCity News August 5, 2024
While burnout levels may be improving slightly, physicians’ administrative burden still remains a major issue. Providers are hungry for more tools designed to simplify these tasks, namely documentation, a new report shows.
Physician burnout soared to a record-high level of 62.8% in 2021, but this issue seems to have been slowly getting better in the years following. Just last week, the American Medical Association released research stating that the nation’s physician burnout has fallen below 50% for the first time since 2020.
The reasons for this improvement are multifactorial, including the end of the pandemic, increased support staff ratios and the introduction of clinician wellness programs. Additionally, one of the most critical reasons that physician burnout levels seem to be...
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