Resource topic: Practice Environment
An Organizational Framework to Reduce Professional Burnout and Bring Back Joy in Practice

Swensen's commentary, published in the Joint Commission on Quality and Patient Safety, focuses on the systemic drivers of burnout at the organizational,...

Opinion Piece/Short Communication
Physicians Are Facing a Crisis

This article, published in the New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst, cites the prevalence of burnout as an impetus for leaders in health care to reduce EMR time...

Opinion Piece/Short Communication
Designing and Regulating Wisely: Removing Barriers to Joy in Practice

This article, published in Annals of Internal Medicine, quantifies the cost burdens of administrative tasks -- not only on physicians, but on patients and...

Opinion Piece/Short Communication
Physicians Need to Openly Discuss Medical Mistakes and Near Misses

Sara Scarlet writes gripping stories about the fallibility of modern medicine and the importance of learning and discussing clinician errors. Unaddressed errors can...

Opinion Piece/Short Communication
Burnout and Resilience Among Nurses Practicing in High-Intensity Settings

This study published in the American Journal of Critical Care combats stressors and causal factors of burnout and moral distress by supporting creation of healthy...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Moral Distress and Building Resilience

This article published by Johns Hopkins Nursing stresses the threat of moral distress on nurse retention. Through a scenario, the causes of moral distress --...

Article
Rudeness and Medical Team Performance

The research study, published in Pediatrics, examines how rudeness experienced in medical settings impacts medical team performance. The results found that...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Doctors Are Human Too

Published in the New York Times by an Australian psychiatrist, Lisa Pryor, this opinion piece explores unique insights about burnout through a series of personal...

Article
Framework for Improving Joy in Work

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement released a white paper that serves as a guide for institution leaders to help restore joy in the healthcare workforce. By...

Report
Digital Technology to Engage Patients: Ensuring Access for All

The New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst released an article about the dissonance between the healthcare technology industry demographics and goals and the...

Article
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