While the burden on the medical community may have decreased since its peak during the heart of the pandemic, burnout rates are at all-time highs for many medical specialties. Doctors, nurses and medical specialists are working longer hours and being physically and emotionally exhausted trying to help patients and sift through all the bureaucratic barriers […]
Doctors Have The Highest Suicide Rate In America
According to new findings, doctors in America have the highest suicide rate of any profession, with roughly one completed suicide every day. Moreover, the number of physician suicides are more than twice that of the general public. The findings come on the heels of a systematic review of suicide rates in America. According to the […]
Coping With Burnout As An Independent Physician
New research from the American Medical Association suggests that doctors are now spending two hours imputing data on electronic medical records and doing other administrative work for every one hour they spend at a patient’s beside. This suggests that there is a large administrative burden in the healthcare community, and it’s a major contributor to […]
Surgeon General Expresses Concerns Over Physician Burnout
We’ve talked about the problem of physician and resident burnout rates on the blog a few times in the past couple months, but now the Surgeon General is speaking out about the problem. Vivek Murthy told MedPage Today that physician burnout turns people away from joining the healthcare field, which is problematic as our population […]
Extensive Burnout Rates Among General Surgery Residents
We’ve blogged about burnout rates among physicians and junior residents on the blog in the past because we feel that it’s important to call attention to the elevated stresses associated with working in the medical field. Unfortunately, a new study reveals that nothing is getting easier for general surgery residents. According to research published in […]