Physician burnout leads to higher job turnover rates and increased financial costs to institutions, Stanford researchers find.
Tag: physician wellness
How a chief wellness officer can tackle clinician burnout head-on
In a Health Affairs piece, a group of physician leaders discuss the importance of a chief wellness officer and provide guidance on how to integrate the job into health system leadership.
When health professionals have empathy, patients aren’t the only ones who benefit
Empathy is a skill that physicians can learn and, writes Dean Lloyd Minor, it’s definitely a skill worth learning.
Stanford Medicine’s chief wellness officer reflects on burnout, and on his own strategies to stay healthy
Stanford's Tait Shanafelt is working to address physician burnout, which impacts physicians' quality of life as well as patient care.
Stanford study shows role of physician burnout in medical errors
A new study examined the role of physician burnout in medical errors.
Stanford Medicine magazine explores the art and science of listening and hearing
Stanford Medicine magazine explores how vital hearing and listening are for our well-being, and the science behind discoveries that could improve how we do both.
Causes of physician burnout and way to address it
The president of the Association of American Medical Colleges details factors that contribute to physician burnout and broad cultural changes that can help.