by gstrichmd | Feb 21, 2022 | Burnout, Coaching, Nurse, Physician, Physician burnout, Uncategorized
I Quit! Even before the Covid 19 pandemic, surveys of over 20,000 physicians reported in Medscape have consistently found that about 45% of physicians have one or more symptoms of burnout and about one in 10 were considering leaving their job. A recent study from the...
by gstrichmd | Dec 27, 2021 | Burnout, EHR, Physician, Physician burnout, Technology
A recent article in Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA Network Open. 2021;4(10):e2128790. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.28790) describes how analyzing a physician’s use of EHR can be an indicator of his/her reduction in professional effort and...
by gstrichmd | Mar 16, 2021 | Black, Burnout, Coaching, Physician, Physician burnout
Given the recent attention spotlighting the toxic effects of systemic racism in this country, it is not surprising that the question has arisen whether non-white physicians experience burnout at a higher rate than their white counterparts. It is widely known that the...
by gstrichmd | Feb 25, 2021 | Burnout, Covid-19, Nurse, Physician burnout, PTSD
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 #pandemic, #doctors and mental health professionals have been warning us about an impending tsunami of mental health problems among #healthcare workers and in the community at large. Now it’s here! From the very beginning the...
by gstrichmd | Feb 7, 2021 | Burnout, Nurse, Physician, Physician burnout
It’s time to stop calling frontline healthcare workers heroes and time for healthcare organizations to put their money where their mouth is and provide the support we need. Stop #physician and #nurse #burnout! I recently read an article in the New York Times about a...
by gstrichmd | Feb 1, 2021 | Coaching, Covid-19, Physician burnout
A January 2021 Medscape post entitled “Death by 1000 Cuts” reports the most recent survey of physician burnout and suicide. Over 12,000 physicians were included in the survey. 42% of the physician survey reported that they were burned out, a number that has remained...
