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Nearly half of US doctors struggle with burnout

Discussion in 'Break Room' started by NewsBot, Aug 21, 2012.

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    Reuters are reporting:
    Nearly half of US doctors struggle with burnout: study
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    Burnout and Satisfaction With Work-Life Balance Among US Physicians Relative to the General US Population
    Tait D. Shanafelt, MD; Sonja Boone, MD; Litjen Tan, PhD; Lotte N. Dyrbye, MD, MHPE; Wayne Sotile, MD; Daniel Satele, BS; Colin P. West, MD, PhD; Jeff Sloan, PhD; Michael R. Oreskovich, MD
    Arch Intern Med. Published online August 20, 2012
     
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    Burnout in Diplomates of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation—Prevalence and Potential Drivers: A Prospective Cross‐Sectional Survey
    James A. Sliwa DO Gary S. Clark MD Anthony Chiodo MD Carolyn L. Kinney MD Mikaela M. Raddatz PhD Gerard E. Francisco MD William Micheo MD Lawrence R. Robinson
    PM & R: 31 January 2019
     
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    Most physicians lack control over almost every aspect of their work environment. They are often victims of exploitation by their employers, who promise the moon when trying to recruit a physician, then constantly change work policies to extract more work for less compensation and less physician control over staff and office policies and subsequently over patient outcomes. Given the high cost of obtaining a medical education and the low compensation given primary care physicians, added to the stress is constant financial worries. But the worst of all stressors is seeing the end results of cost-cutting measures by administrators such as understaffing and hiring poorly trained and poorly paid staff: poor patient outcomes due to ordered consults or tests never being scheduled and recommended follow up appointments never being made, etc. And let's not forget the insurance companies, who obstruct every test, consult or therapy we order. How would a physician who actually cares about patient outcomes not get burned out? And what does a physician do when they become burned out and still owe hundreds of thousands of dollars in student loans?
     
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    News Release 24-Jun-2021
    Burnout is a widespread reality in today's NHS
    Current NHS workforce plans are "a smart looking car minus the engine"


    Burnout is a widespread reality in today's NHS

    Current NHS workforce plans are "a smart looking car minus the engine"

    An editorial published by The BMJ today raises important concerns about the health and wellbeing of the NHS workforce after a parliamentary report found "burnout is a widespread reality in today's NHS."

    Commenting on the report, Suzie Bailey of the King's Fund says: "Excessive workloads need to be dealt with at every level of the health and care system."

    She suggests that ineffective workforce planning is partly to blame, citing evidence given to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee by Professor Michael West of The King's Fund, who characterised current NHS workforce plans as "a smart looking car minus the engine."

    Bailey points to the 2020 NHS staff survey showing that 44% of staff reported feeling unwell owing to work related stress - the highest level since 2016 - and reported high levels of bullying, harassment, and discrimination experienced by ethnic minority staff.

    "Improving staff health and wellbeing is therefore far from being a "nice to have," it is a moral, social, and economic priority," she writes. "The focus must be on tackling the root causes of stress, not on interventions that seek only to manage or mitigate it."

    It is encouraging that the committee's recommendations emphasised the importance of compassionate leadership in improving workplace culture, she says, and has called for Health Education England to publish independent annual workforce projections.

    But she questions plans to place new workforce responsibilities on integrated care systems (local partnerships designed to help join up health and care services).

    Will the health and social care committee's report improve outcomes, she asks?

    In part, it will depend on whether multiple leaders across the health and care system can maintain the current momentum behind workforce and workplace transformation, she explains.

    She notes that progress is already being made, but says effective workforce planning and purposeful culture change "will require sustained political leadership as well as long term investment at a level commensurate with the urgent need for improvement."
     
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    News Release 22-Sep-2023
    Editorial addresses clinician burnout with unifying systems medicine model

    A new editorial published in the Heart and Mind journal proposes an innovative systems medicine approach to address the epidemic of clinician burnout and holistically improve clinician mental health and wellbeing (Heart and Mind: September 18, 2023. | DOI: 10.4103/hm.HM-D-23-00013, published ahead of print).

    In the US and globally, clinician burnout has reached epidemic levels, with over 50% of physicians and healthcare providers reporting symptoms. Besides impairing quality of life, burnout increases risk of mental health disorders, cardiovascular disease and impaired patient care. Annual costs of physician burnout in the US alone are estimated at $4.6 billion.

    "Healthcare provider burnout is a major threat to health care quality, patient outcomes, and the medical workforce," said Robert Schneider, MD, FACC, Dean of the College of Integrative Medicine at Maharishi International University, and senior author. "Urgent action is required to alleviate this crisis."

    The new model incorporates biological, psychological, environmental and consciousness factors into an interconnected framework called the Connectome of Health. It emphasizes the role of Transcendental Meditation (TM) in enhancing resilience and preventing burnout and related mind-body conditions, such as cardiovascular disease.

    "Transcendental Meditation allows the mind to experience a unique state of restful alertness, providing a buffer against the stresses of medical practice," explained Fred Travis, PhD, co-author and Director of the University's Center for Brain, Consciousness and Cognition.

    The authors reviewed studies showing TM reduced symptoms of burnout, anxiety, depression, and PTSD in healthcare providers. "After two weeks, symptoms of depression and anxiety decreased nearly 45% while insomnia, emotional exhaustion, and well-being improved significantly. These changes became even more significant throughout the 3-month study," reported Mark Nestor, MD, PhD, lead investigator and Voluntary Professor at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. The Heart and Mind authors suggest that TM's benefits stem from unique neural mechanisms that counter the brain patterns underlying burnout and simultaneously balance interconnections between body, mind, environment and consciousness.

    "This systems approach highlights the value of developing consciousness through meditation for cultivating mental, physical and social health in an integrative manner," said Tony Nader, MD, PhD co-author, and Director of the Dr. Tony Nader Institute. "It offers a new paradigm for preventing disease and promoting whole health."

    The researchers call for continued investigation and application of this framework to tackle burnout and transform healthcare. "By incorporating evidence-based meditation programs, we can create a new wellness model that supports clinicians' health and improves care for all," concluded Dr. Schneider.
     
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