Strategies Healthcare Leaders Can Use to Reduce Physician Burnout - Business Plan

Project Summary 

The Healthcare industry is undergoing rapid change. In the past ten years, healthcare leaders and physicians have experienced accelerated change. For many, new elements such as the Affordable Care Act and Alternative Payment Models are monumental and unlike anything, they have encountered in their professional career. Healthcare leaders face a constantly changing environment and need new solutions to challenges. These challenges are an unprecedented reality for Healthcare leaders and physicians. Both groups must collaborate in order to relieve some of the pressures they face. The alarming statistics on physician burnout indicate healthcare leaders must address this issue. Physicians are key to the success of any healthcare organization and physician burnout reduction is an essential business strategy. Physician burnout is directly related to increased demands from quality metrics, productivity requirements, financial goals, and shortages of physicians. Healthcare leaders need new and innovative methods to reduce physician burnout and must respond using strategies that are mutually beneficial. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the current state of physician burnout and how to reduce it through the development and implementation of key performance improvement strategies.