Burnout

ORLANDO — Burnout and the personal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic among health care providers may lead to a long-term nursing shortage nationwide, according to a presenter at the 2022 Rheumatology Nurses Society Annual Conference.

Child care stress during the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on health care workers, and more must be done to mitigate this burden on the workforce, according to researchers.

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Eleonora Teplinsky, MD, about the evolution of advocacy in the health care space, the challenges cancer patients face after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and more.

Comparing physicians to their peers to boost job performance decreased job satisfaction and worsened the escalating issue of physician burnout, according to research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Healio and Cardiology Today have compiled the most-read cardiology news of June 2022.

Addressing social drivers of health is a critical aspect of a primary care physician’s job, but it is also contributing to rising levels of burnout and “has a major impact” on physicians’ mental health, according to The Physicians Foundation.

Building civility, respect and inclusion into the cardiology workplace is essential, especially in an era where burnout is so high, a speaker said at the National Lipid Association Scientific Sessions.

A 2021 report from the Association of American Medical Colleges estimated a shortage of between 37,800 and 124,000 physicians by 2034 in the United States, with shortfalls in both primary and specialty care.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, issued an advisory addressing the alarming rate of burnout among health care workers.

SAN DIEGO — Medical providers can reduce work-related burnout by focusing more on self-care and work-life balance, according to a speaker at the AACE Annual Scientific and Clinical Conference.