Resource topic: Health Care Costs
CMS Proposal to Level E/M Payments Raises Concerns

This article, published in MD Edge, reports on a new proposal by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reduce paperwork by flattening payment for...

Article
2016 Survey of America’s Physicians Practice Patterns and Perspectives

The following report, conducted by The Physicians Foundation, is based on 17,236 physician responses to a biennial survey, which inquired physician's perception of...

Report
Counting the Costs: U.S. Hospitals Feeling the Pain of Physician Burnout

The following article, published in U.S. News & World Report, briefly summarizes the causes of burnout such as the burden of data entry on electronic health...

Article
Making an Evidence-Based Case for Urgent Action to Address Clinician Burnout

Clinician burnout is currently a public health epidemic that is threatening the quality and safety of healthcare. In the following article from the American Journal...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Estimating the Attributable Cost of Physician Burnout in the United States

Although physician burnout is associated with negative clinical and organizational outcomes, its economic costs are poorly understood. As a result, leaders in...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
An economic argument for investment in physician resilience

Despite compelling, evidence-based, and practical articles emphasizing the importance of physician resilience, adopting the concept of resilience has been slow....

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Second Annual Physician Compensation Report

The following report, conducted by Doximity, seeks to understand physician compensation to combat the growing shortage of US physicians. Drawing from over 65,000...

Report
A Literature Review of Nursing Turnover Costs

This review article published in the Journal of Nursing Management summarizes data and trends of nursing staff turnover costs from 1990 to 2010. Inconsistencies in...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Emerging the EHR Purgatory – Moving from Process to Outcomes

Goroll's Perspective paper in the New England Journal of Medicine illustrates the electronics arms race between payers demanding documentation to justify payment...

Opinion Piece/Short Communication
Economics of Team-based Care in Controlling Blood Pressure: A Community Guide Systematic Review

The following systematic review examines the costs of team-based care for blood pressure control. 31 studies published between 1980 and 2012 were analyzed for...

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