It’s time for hospitals to publicly disclose physician satisfaction, burnout, and suicide rates
We are in the midst of an epidemic of physician burnout, depression and suicide. Although the causes are debatable, there can be little doubt that increasing demands for financial performance and patient satisfaction, decreasing autonomy, and physicians’ individual liability for systemic risk management decisions in a majority of practice settings are significant contributors to these adverse outcomes.
At the same time physician burnout, depression, and suicide rates have been rising; tremendous …