Burning Up and Burned Out? Addressing Patient Burnout Amidst a Burned-Out Industry – #HITsm Chat Topic

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this month’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 10/7 at Noon ET (9 AM PT).  This month’s chat will be hosted by Erica Olenski Johansen (@thegr8chalupa) on the topic “Burning Up and Burned Out? Addressing Patient Burnout Amidst a Burned-Out Industry.” As an industry, we have our work cut out for us. Among a list of growing challenges and dynamics, there are several patterns coloring the landscape: Managing the high costs of care. Ensuring patient access to adequate insurance coverage. Delivering equitable health outcomes. Responding to the consumer in the healthcare economy. Navigating volatile supply chain workflows. Talent recruitment, retention, and burnout. I do not doubt that we could spend an entire chat dedicated to outlining all the challenges ahead for our industry. And – it’s likely – if you’re joining this chat and engaging with this community, these concerns are already top of mind for you as a professional, citizen, and consumer. There is one concern on that list that is becoming more persistent and urgent than ever: burnout.  More often than not, the industry dialog has focused on and discussed burnout in a clinical sense. Health systems are scrambling to adjust to the staff shortages and increased patient demand. But one area that has held promise and hope is in the patient experience – couldn’t more engaged and satisfied patients lead to better health outcomes? What if an improved...
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