physician burnout

22% of physicians considering early retirement amid COVID-19: 4 stats to know

By Patsy Newitt for Becker’s Hospital Review COVID-19 caused a slight increase in physician retirement, but nearly three-quarters of physicians reporting being overworked, according to Doximity’s “2021 Physician Compensation Report” released Dec. 16. Here are four stats to know: Twenty-two percent of physicians are considering early retirement because of overwork. Sixteen percent of physicians are…

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Which clinicians spend the most time in the EHR? 3 things to know

By Jackie Drees from Becker’s Hospital Review Primary care clinicians on average spend the most time using EHRs compared to medical and surgical specialists, according to a study published March 22 inJAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers from Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston-based Harvard Medical School and Stanford (Calif.) University School of Medicine collaborated on the…

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Majority of young nurses overwhelmed, exhausted over the last year: 5 key survey findings

By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review About 71 percent of young nurses said they felt overwhelmed over the past year, according to survey results published March 10 — just ahead of the March 11 anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic’s start. The American Nurses Foundation, the charitable branch of the American Nurses Association, collected responses from…

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Researchers underestimated the toll of EHR-related clinician burnout, study finds

By Hannah Mitchell for Becker’s Hospital Review The informatics community did not accurately predict the major role EHRs would play in the clinician burnout crisis today, according to a study published Feb. 15 in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. In 2009, the American Medical Informatics Association met to discuss possible consequences associated…

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29 physician specialties ranked by burnout rates

By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review Critical care physicians have the highest rates of burnout among all physician specialties, according to a new survey from Medscape. For the report, Medscape surveyed 12,339 physicians in more than 29 specialties from Aug. 30 to Nov. 5, 2020. Across all specialties, 42 percent of physicians reported burnout, the same…

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Study: Family physicians spend up to 33 hours in monthly EHR overtime

By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review The amount of time family physicians spend working in the EHR after hours can vary widely, ranging from zero to 33 hours each month, according to a study published in the Family Medicine February 2020 journal issue. University of Arizona College of Medicine researchers analyzed EHR use of 24 family…

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5 steps to reduce administrative burden for physicians

By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review It’s easy for physicians to identify the meaningless tasks that contribute to burnout — many of which are related to EHR use. However, few are empowered to speak up about these burdens, according to a blog post from the American Medical Association. AMA recommends healthcare organizations establish a…

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Viewpoint: Female physicians, it’s OK to act differently than men

Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review Female physicians often hide unique characteristics that distinguish them from male colleagues, conforming to “an antiquated stereotype of what it means to be a physician,” Nisha Mehta, MD, a radiologist in Charlotte, N.C., wrote in an op-ed for Medscape. Dr. Mehta outlined numerous examples of what this looks like…

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Physicians spend 16 minutes per patient encounter using EHRs, Cerner study finds: 3 notes

Andrea Park for Becker’s Hospital Review Each patient encounter requires an average of 16 minutes and 14 seconds in EHR use for physicians, including time spent outside of normal working hours, according to a study of data from Cerner’s analytics platform, the Lights On Network. Here are three key takeaways from the study, which analyzed…

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Clinician burnout: Physicians name the technologies they think could best solve it

By Mike Miliard for Healthcare IT News SANTA CLARA – At Health 2.0 on Monday, National Coordinator for Health IT Dr. Don Rucker listed a litany of challenges faced daily by physicians and nurses, and contributing to the ongoing scourge of clinician burnout: onerous documentation requirements, boilerplate electronic health records and the “monster burdens” of…

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