6 ways systems could alleviate burnout
Residency Program Insider, November 5, 2019
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At least one-third of U.S. clinicians experience burnout, often caused by lengthy work hours, technologies and documentation requirements, insufficient resources, and an inability to find a healthy work-life balance. A new report from the National Academy of Medicine outlines six strategies healthcare systems can use to address these contributing factors and reduce physician burnout:
- Create a positive work environment that prioritizes high-quality care, job satisfaction, and social support
- Have medical school reduce student stress by monitoring workloads, implementing pass-fail grading, and providing better access to scholarships and affordable loans
- Get rid of regulations and policies that don’t improve patient care but contribute to clinician burnout
- Create more user-friendly and intuitive EHRs
- Improve burnout recovery services while keeping information from being admissible in malpractice litigation to reduce the stigma of getting help
- Create a coordinated research agenda for clinician burnout among federal agencies by the end of 2020 to identify burnout drivers, the consequences of burnout to the workforce and patient safety, and systems-level interventions to improve clinician well-being
Source: National Academy of Medicine
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