3. Peer-reviewed Literature

• Care-Centered Clinical Documentation in the Digital Environment …

  Care-Centered Clinical Documentation in the Digital Environment: Solutions to Alleviate Burnout

  Type: Peer-reviewed Literature

  Introduction: A range of factors drives clinician burnout, including workload, time pressure, clerical burden, and professional isolation. Clerical burden, especially documentation of care and order entry, is a major driver of clinician burnout. Recent studies have shown that physicians spend as much as 50 percent of their time completing clinical documentation …

  Authors: Alexander K. Ommaya, Pamela F. Cipriano, David B. Hoyt, Keith A Horvath, Paul Tang, Harold L. Paz, Mark S. DeFrancesco, Susan T. Hingle, Sam Butler, and Christine A. Sinsky

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• Culture of Wellness

  Executive Leadership and Physician Well-Being: Nine Organizational Strategies to Promote Engagement and Reduce Burnout

  Type: Peer-reviewed Literature

  Abstract: These are challenging times for health care executives. The health care field is experiencing unprecedented changes that threaten the survival of many health care organizations. To successfully navigate these challenges, health care executives need committed and productive physicians working in collaboration with organization leaders. Unfortunately, national studies suggest that at least 50% of US physicians are experiencing professional burnout, indicating that most executives face this challenge with a disillusioned physician workforce. …

  Authors: Tait D. Shanafelt, MD, and John H. Noseworthy, MD, CEO
  Source:  Mayo Clinic Proceedings January 2017;92(1):129-146
  

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• Personal Resilience

  Ability of Physician Well-being Index (PWBI) to Identify Residents in Distress

  Type: Peer-reviewed Literature

  This study in the Journal of Graduate Medical Education sought to evaluate the ability of the Physician Well-Being Index (PWBI), a 7-item screening index, to identify residents in distress. Researchers used a cross-sectional anonymous email survey to assess evidence of relationship between the PWBI score to other variables measuring distress. The researchers also and evaluated the performance of the index after substituting the original fatigue item with an item not associated with driving a car. Results indicated that the 7-item PWBI appears to be a useful screening index to identify residents whose degree of distress may negatively impact the quality of care they deliver.

  Authors: Liselotte N. Dyrbye, MD, MHPE, Daniel Satele, BA, Jeff Sloan, PhD, Tait D. Shanafelt, MD
  Source:  Journal of Graduate Medical Education
  Online publication date: 12-Apr-2018.

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