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NewsHospital CEO burnout on the horizon: Look for successors now
The industry will see more hospital CEO burnout in 2012, according to Steven Valentine, president of the consulting firm Camden Group, Hospitals & Health Networks Daily reported this week. With Read more...
10% of hospitalists work as locum tenens
One in ten hospitalists is working as locum tenens, and many do so in addition to their full-time job, according to a new study by recruitment firm Locum Leaders and Today's Hospitalist magazine, Read more...
Group therapy, nurse support prevent physician burnout
With research showing that burnt-out hospital staff are more prone to unprofessional patient care, finding ways to prevent physician burnout is important to improving the quality of care and patient Read more...
Academic hospitalists experience high burnout
As the number of hospitalists in academic medical centers grows, so does their level of burnout, according to a new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. In addition to experiencing Read more...
Surgeon superpowers do not confer immunity to burnout
Just in case you were wondering, surgeons aren't superhuman after all. Like the rest of us, they burnout and get depressed too. The more hours a surgeon works, the higher the chance of burnout, Read more...
Unprofessional patient care stems from med school burnout
Stress and exhaustion don't just affect medical students' class work; it can cause problems with future patients. Burned-out medical students are more likely to cheat or be dishonest when it comes to Read more...
Have you heard (or lived) this burnout story?
Invariably, whenever I write a column, someone inspires me along the way. For this column, credit goes to Thomas Dahlborg, whose recent entry recounted the difficult tradeoffs of a primary-care Read more...
Surgeons experiencing burnout, worried about medical errors
A new study of surgeons has concluded that they're tapped out and may be making more mistakes than people think. The survey, designed to measure burnout and assess surgeons' quality of life, found Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Meditation may reduce MD burnout
Lord knows, doctors have stressful jobs--and unfortunately, that can harm not only the doctor, but their patients, as well. However, it's possible that training in meditation can help doctors relax Read more...
How doctors and nurses cope with 'moral distress'
Caring for patients is tough, particularly when you can't do what you think is ethically appropriate due to competing demands of insurers, lawyers, patients' families and administrators. The stress Read more...
| Press ReleasesLONG HOURS + MULTIPLE NIGHTS ON-CALL = SURGEON BURNOUTJohns Hopkins MedicineMedia Relations and Public AffairsMedia Contact: Stephanie Desmon410-955-8665 sdesmon1@jhmi.edu October 28, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- Johns Hopkins-led study suggests that Read more >> |
