Search Tag: physician burnout

2023 10 Oct

Physician burnout is escalating in the U.S. Authors of a recent study found that towards the end of the second year of the pandemic, more physicians experienced increased levels of emotional exhaustion and higher depersonalisation scores compared to previous years.   This study, which involved 1373 physicians surveyed over three different periods,...Read more

2018 14 Feb

A number of studies have looked at physician burnout, but little is known on how prevalent this problem is amongst neurosurgeons in particular. New research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC shows that two-thirds of neurosurgeons experience burnout during training, and stressors at work are partly to blame. For this study, researchers surveyed...Read more

2016 22 Nov

  Burnout is one of the most urgent problems facing healthcare management with staff under pressure from a punishing workload that can lead to depression, substance abuse, poor performance and even suicide. Mayo Clinic has released a paper suggesting nine economical strategies it has implemented to tackle this critical problem. “The reality...Read more

2016 06 Jul

The expansion of the electronic environment in healthcare is coming at a cost. According to a national study of physicians led by Mayo Clinic, the use of electronic health records (EHRs) and digital physician order entry is leading to increased professional burnout and lower job satisfaction. “Electronic health records hold great promise...Read more

2015 03 Dec

An update from a three-year study that evaluated burnout and work-life balance reveals that burnout among American physicians is worse today than it was three years earlier. The study was conducted by Mayo Clinic researchers in collaboration with the American Medical Association and the findings appear in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.  “Burnout manifests...Read more