How to Improve Physician Mental Health & Well-Being
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 1 in 5 U.S. adults experience mental illness. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated mental health problems, leading Dr. Anthony Fauci to warn that a “mental health...
Burnout: What Clinicians are Saying
(Last updated: 02/19/2021) We previously looked at the problem of physician burnout and several ways to fight it. But what are physicians themselves actually saying about the issue? Spok, a company specializing in healthcare communications, recently conducted...
How to Manage Pandemic-Related Physician Stress and Burnout
Physician stress and burnout was already a major problem prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, 92% of clinicians in a recent survey have called it a public health crisis. With physician stress and burnout being such a dire problem even in normal times, how much...
