Docs say hospitals, practices not doing enough to address burnout

Sun Jun 26 13:12:29 PDT 2016

June 20, 2016

Docs say hospitals, practices not doing enough to address burnout 

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By Matt Kuhrt

Physician burnout remains a major concern for primary care doctors and
emergency medicine practitioners, 74 percent of whom believe their facility
or practice has failed to address the problem effectively, according to a
recent study from InCrowd, a provider of life sciences and healthcare
intelligence.

The number of physicians who admitted to experiencing burnout in the survey
tracked roughly in line with previous studies by the Mayo Clinic and
Medscape Lifestyles indicating the issue now affects more than half the
workforce, according to InCrowd. The phenomenon has become both more
widespread and more severe in recent years, encompassing a range of
specialties, and has been a particular issue among early-career
pediatricians, according to previous reporting by FiercePracticeManagement.

The InCrowd study surveyed 200 primary care and emergency medicine
physicians based in the United States over several hours on May 13, 2016.
Key findings include these:

*  Weekly or daily job frustration was reported by 37 percent of survey
respondents.

*  While 57 percent of respondents admitted to having personally experienced
burnout at some point in their careers. Another 37 percent indicated that,
though they themselves had not experienced burnout, an acquaintance of
theirs had.

*  Doctors reported contributors to burnout predominately in terms of job
requirements that they feel reduce or impinge upon the amount of time they
take to see their patients, according to qualitative responses. In
particular, respondents cited bureaucratic concerns that "generate more
income for others," as well as the need to chase ineffective quality metrics
and the time and energy required by inefficient medical records systems.

*  The presence of burnout appears to be affecting doctors' willingness to
suggest children or family members pursue a career in the field, with 58
percent indicating they were either unsure they would make such a
recommendation or certain that they would not do so. 

Jeff Wells
Deputy Editor, CAL/AAEM News Service

Brian Potts MD, MBA
Managing Editor, CAL/AAEM News Service

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