Burnout

Health care workers face an escalating mental health crisis that is made worse by increased harassment, according to results from a new CDC Vital Signs report.

HONOLULU — Sleep deprivation, daytime sleepiness and burnout are common among physicians, according to a systemic review presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

High rates of physician suicide are a devastating reality that require multiple solutions, according to experts.

Health care support workers, social or behavioral health workers and registered nurses were at an increased risk for death by drug overdose compared with non-health care workers, underscoring the need for interventions, data show.

Even before the pandemic, neurologists have been facing issues with burnout and heaping amounts of stress. Meanwhile, the demand for neurologists continues to climb faster than the number of new clinicians in the field.

First, I want to thank our panel of experts, including Madelaine A. Feldman, MD; Allan Gibofsky, MD, JD; Robert W. Levin, MD; and John R. Tesser, MD; for their enlightened comments on the next phase of the biosimilar experience, which is to me quite alarming.

Burnout among medical professionals — already a major public health issue — was further exacerbated by stressors related to the COVID-19 pandemic and remains a significant issue amid a continued decline in cases.

Last year, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, issued an advisory on health worker burnout and well-being, declaring the situation a “crisis” and naming it a “top national priority.”

Medical coding historically has been a manual and disjointed process, with office managers, coding specialists or clinicians reviewing the data after patient visits and coding to the best of their abilities.

Ashley Sumrall, MD, FACP, has had a passion for fighting for patients outside of the exam room for as long as she can remember.