Dousing the physician burnout epidemic: an ama perspective. david o. barbe, md, president of ama, discusses how the organization is leading a necessary change in medicine—one that embraces physician well-being. by david o. barbe, md, mha. page 1 of 2.. In reality, burnout is a downward spiral in response to a work environment where doctors have been trained to ignore themselves and their needs repeatedly over the years,” said dr. jill kruse, a. Preventing physician burnout not only provides real world accounts of the many ehr reasons for the burnout epidemic, it also lays out clear and concise ways for health care leaders to address them. – david k. butler, md , vice president for information services, ehr optimization, and transformation initiatives, sutter health.
Addressing the country’s physician burnout epidemic, edward ellison, md, on friday sought to shine the spotlight on the humanity of our physicians, and challenged the audience to begin with the simple task of expressing gratitude to a doctor.. The problem of physician burnout is affecting about 50 percent of practicing doctors, and electronic health records are squarely to blame, according to michael hodgkins, md, cmio at the american. Physician burnout is epidemic. for many doctors, locum tenens is the cure.
