Physician satisfaction, burnout and patient care quality - lecture slides dr. mark linzer banishing burnout , leiter and maslach, 2005 isbn-13: 978-0470448779 faculty health in academic medicine: physicians, scientists, and the pressures of success , cole, goodrich, gritz, 2008 isbn-13: 978-1603274500. Stanford medicine’s wellmd center, launched in 2015, aims to show how investing in physician health and in the efficiency of medical practice reduces burnout, thereby benefiting the entire. Physician burnout is a major predictor of physician turnover, which has a high cost. at stanford medicine, replacing a physician who leaves because of burnout can cost at least $250,000. so addressing the organizational factors that contribute to burnout becomes more than just a question of helping physicians..
