PHYSICIAN BURNOUT TOP 5 EFFECTIVE WAYS TO REDUCE IT IN 2022

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PHYSICIAN BURNOUT TOP 5 EFFECTIVE WAYS TO
REDUCE IT IN 2022

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INTRODUCTION

• Burnout causes many problems in the lives of all
  people. But physician burnout especially impacts
  the well-being of patients, caregivers, and
  practices.
• Often not all organizations and practices provide
  such a good atmosphere for their physicians to
  work with. And this creates friction between
  personnel and results in stressing physicians
  which could directly impact patients safety and
  the quality of care delivery.

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Physician Burnout- What Is It?

• According to a source, burnout is a form of
  exhaustion caused by constantly feeling swamped.
  Its a result of excessive and prolonged
  emotional, physical, and mental stress. In many
  cases, burnout is related to ones job.
• Burnout happens when you are overwhelmed,
  emotionally drained, and unable to keep up with
  lifes incessant demands.
• Physician burnout is the same thing that happens
  with physicians.

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What Are The Causes For Physician Burnout?

• In this chaotic world, everything can turn out to
  be a reason for stress. Clinical/physician
  burnout can be caused by many factors like,

• Family responsibilities
• Time/target pressures
• Crowded and unpleasant environment
• Low control pase
• Managing platforms like EHR
• Work overload
• Stress by losing control
• Dysfunctional workplace dynamics

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We Saw The Causes And Now Lets Look Into The
Symptoms/Signs Of Burnout

• Studying and researching burnout isnt enough to
  overcome them. We need to find the causes and
  should know when to react to and deal with them
  using the following signs.

• You might be experiencing burnout if you feel
  exhausted
• If you feel like you do not feel enthusiastic and
  have negative feelings toward your work
• There might be times when you feel like you are
  unable to perform your job

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The Top 5 Effective Ways To Reduce/Handle
Physician Burnout In 2022

• There are many pieces of research and studies
  being done to help physicians to cope with
  burnout. These points are given below when
  followed both on an individual and organizational
  level can bring out the adverse effects of
  burnout to control.
• We present you the top 5 effective ways to manage
  and reduce physician burnout in 2022.

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1. Creating a positive work environment helps

• Health care organizations have a vitally
  important role in creating and maintaining
  positive work environments that clinicians find
  to be safe, healthy, and supportive and that
  foster ethical and meaningful practice, say
  reports.
• To prevent and reduce burnout, these
  organizations must focus on redesigning their
  work systems on one side, and on the other, they
  should simultaneously encourage well-being.

The organization can work on improving the
atmosphere of the workplace, can conduct engaging
programs and activities to relax the staff, etc.
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2. Technological burdens- should be cut down

• The one thing that has constantly been developing
  in this era is technology. Technological
  development is the main source of all industries
  growth. With the new inventions of the internet
  of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI)
  technology in healthcare, the technological
  burden for physicians has been increasing lately.

Difficulties in sharing information among team
members and poor integration into the workflow
can become reasons for physician burnout. The
advent of healthcare software platforms such as
electronic health records (EHR), Practice
Management, etc, which helps them to reduce
manual work, creates the burden of handling
them.
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2. Technological burdens- should be cut down
(cont..)

• Handling this software needs professional
  training and time to invest in them. Time is
  again not to be found for physicians who work
  extra hours. Many physicians despite all the
  improvements in health IT designs, find these
  technologies to be confused sometimes and
  challenging.
• The organization may want to collect feedback
  from the physicians about systems like electronic
  medical records (EMR). Because physicians often
  say that clerical tasks and technological burdens
  as the causes of burnout.

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3. Reducing administrative burdens

• The leading cause of burnout and the barrier to
  quality care turn out to be administrative
  burdens in the U.S. The regulations, policies,
  healthcare laws, and standards in the U.S. are so
  complex and being forced by many bodies.
• The only problem in this process is that they
  dont always allow the physicians to engage in
  the discussion. Their feedback can help the
  entities to alter some to avoid burnout.

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3. Reducing administrative burdens (cont..)

• The need for increased care coordination is
  important when it comes to the management of
  physician burnouts. Tasks like non-clinical which
  are associated with care coordination can add to
  the workload of the clinical team.
• A great solution for this problem is using a
  non-clinical team to carefully coordinate care,
  connect patients with community resources, and
  complete the non-clinical outreach requirements
  of value-based care. This allows the clinical
  team to focus on clinical care alone.

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4. Extending support to clinicians/physicians

• Finding the causes and talking about them wont
  solve problems. It needs action. Listening to the
  physicians and getting feedback on their issues
  alone doesn't help organizations to find
  solutions for burnout.
• Then what should they do? Let us answer that
  question. They should provide both mental and
  physical support to the clinicians and learners.
  Keeping physicians emotional and mental health
  well cherished is always very important.

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4. Extending support to clinicians/physicians
(cont..)

• Many physicians dont even know that they are
  suffering from burnout. There should be people
  arranged for speaking with them. Private
  counseling sessions must be arranged for them at
  least once every 3 months.
• Privacy must be ensured for them to come up and
  talk more freely without any hesitations.
• Barriers to help-seeking must be eliminated as
  they are vital for improving the well-being of
  the physician and reducing burnout.

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5. Invest in personal activities

• Last but not least method or way to reduce
  physician burnout is by immersing themselves in
  some physical and mindfulness activities.
• Physical activities have been proven to be stress
  busters. A simple run or a walk can make you feel
  relaxed and distracted from the burdens. Even
  yoga is becoming extremely popular among workers.

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5. Invest in personal activities (cont..)

• Developing hobbies, going out with friends and
  family, singing out, reading books, meditating,
  spending time in the museum, hitting the gym,
  etc, are good ways to be happy and relaxed.

These can be done alone. However, these
activities when combined with a partner, family
members, or friends, create social interactions
that can contribute well to the relaxed nature of
these activities.
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Final Thoughts

• Burnout can be the reason for a physicians
  personal and professional lives, and it might get
  out of hand when not treated properly. 

Patients safety is in the hands of physicians.
And because of that, organizations and legal
bodies force physicians/clinicians to follow
strict rules and regulations promptly. But the
problems and issues faced by these people must be
regarded as important by the entities. Everyone
coming together to talk about these issues may be
impossible. But start doing that in smaller ways
can somehow reap sweeter results in the future.
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Final Thoughts

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