Becker's Healthcare August 14, 2019
Burnout has become increasingly common among healthcare provider teams and can be experienced by everyone from physicians, physician’s assistants, nurse practitioners and nurses to therapists, case managers and social workers. The term can be defined as a “syndrome of emotional exhaustion, de-personalization and decreased sense of accomplishment at work,” according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
While technology may have played a role in the increased rate of clinicians feeling overwhelmed and fatigued, it may also serve as a means of quelling the burnout epidemic.
During an Aug. 8 webinar hosted by Becker’s Hospital Review and sponsored by Spok, Teresa Niblett, clinical informatics director at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md., discussed key findings from Spok’s 2019...