Can health care executives help with physician burnout?

The National Academy of Medicine has launched an Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience, but there is one missing stakeholder. On July 14th, NAM hosted its first public meeting on establishing clinician well-being as a national priority. The inaugural sponsors include nearly many medical specialty societies, the major insurance companies, the American Associations for hospitals, nurses, physicians and medical colleges, Johns Hopkins, Mass General and my employer — IBM Watson Health. It is great to see the growing recognition of clinician burnout as a problem and the growing collaboration between multiple stakeholders. The missing stakeholder is the The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). Why am I concerned about the absence of health care executives in the early stages of this effort? Reducing burnout in the health care workforce will take resources. The executives in the C-suite control the resources — the staffing, time and money — that are needed in addressing this complex problem. Continue reading ... Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Physician Hospital-Based Medicine Primary Care Psychiatry Source Type: blogs