Physician Burnout

AUSTIN, Texas — In this exclusive video from Crohn’s and Colitis Congress, Megan E. Riehl, PsyD, a clinical psychologist at the University of Michigan, discusses her keynote presentation from the Women in IBD Breakfast that focused on work-life balance.

Electronic health records promised to save time but instead, findings show that primary care physicians spend almost 6 hours a day on them.

A recent survey of PCPs revealed that dissonance between their professional values and the realities of primary care practice was a major contributor to burnout. Results from the survey were recently published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Physicians who screen positive for depressive symptoms have an increased risk for medical errors, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Network Open.

Primary care providers face an increasingly challenging landscape that limits their time with patients. A report in Annals of Family Medicine concluded PCPs spend almost 6 hours daily dealing with electronic health records alone. Another study found that PCPs would need 7.4 hours each working day to provide all the preventive services that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends.

ATLANTA — Rheumatologists across the United States are currently besieged by a combination of time-consuming administrative work, restricted autonomy and a loss of community, all of which have contributed to burnout throughout the specialty, according to Paula Marchetta, MD, MBA, president of the American College of Rheumatology.

HOUSTON — The ability to say yes and no can make a significant difference in the ability to prevent or eliminate physician burnout, according to several panelists here at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

In the most popular Healio Dermatology story last week, Suzanne Bruce, MD, presented findings at the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery annual meeting from her research weighing the positives and negatives of private equity to help her decide how to transition her dermatology practice to allow more time with her family.

Professional communication networks — described by researchers as “face-to-face interaction about patient care among the health care professionals in a primary care team” — may improve job satisfaction, according to survey results published in Annals of Family Medicine.

CHICAGO — For university leadership, quantifying the bottom line in revenue loss due to physician burnout helps instill the importance of faculty wellness programs, Anita Blanchard, MD, associate dean for graduate medical education at University of Chicago, said during the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery annual meeting.