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Physicians sound off about burnout factors in healthcare
August 7, 2024
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In order to serve healthcare practices from start-up to large systems with day-to-day clinical workflows, medical billing, and practice management with its core electronic health records, revenue cycle management, and patient engagement software, athenahealth regularly talks to physicians, nurses, and healthcare workers about their needs. In 2023, athenahealth commissioned a Physician Sentiment Survey of more than 1,000 doctors across the United States, fielded by Harris Poll. It’s a comprehensive instrument that provides a detailed pulse of what physicians think about their workload and the healthcare industry challenges they face.
This year’s results show some gains and losses when compared to some of the same questions asked in previous years. Analysts at athenahealth have examined the statistics and created insights about the causes of healthcare burnout and ways physicians have identified to improve it.
The insights are catalogued below, and each piece digs deeper into specific themes from the comprehensive research. We recommend starting with a topic that interests you most or hits closest to home with your experience, then diving in deeper to see how that relates to others’ experience practicing medicine and managing practices today.
Regulatory, administrative and documentation burdens in healthcare
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Study: clinical documentation work leads to physician burnout | How to improve healthcare operations to ease the administrative burden for physicians |
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Regulatory requirements continue to burden U.S. physicians, with downstream effects on the patient | Physicians using multiple payment models feel more financially secure, study finds |
Turnover plus information and communication overload hit physicians hard
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The Right Info at the Right Time: Combatting data overload, note bloat & EHR usability challenges | Healthcare staffing shortages remain a fundamental concern for physicians |
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Managing patient communication to reduce physician burnout |