Resource topic: Rules and Regulations
Physician Attitudes About Maintenance of Certification: A Cross-Specialty National Survey

This study, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, sought to determine physicians' perceptions of current maintenance of certification activities and to explore how...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
US Physician Practices Spend More Than $15.4 Billion Annually to Report Quality Measures

This study, published in Health Affairs, sought to assess the burden of quality measure reporting on physician practices. The authors surveyed 1,000 randomly...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Do US Medical Licensing Applications Treat Mental and Physical Illness Equivalently?

This study, published in Family Medicine, sought to assess whether state medical licensing boards asked about mental and physical health conditions differently and...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Doctors’ Experiences and Their Perception of the Most Stressful Aspects of Complaints Processes in the UK: An Analysis of Qualitative Survey Data

This study, published in BMJ Open, sought to examine doctors' experiences of complaints processes in the United Kingdom, including which aspects of the complaints...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
The Impact of Complaints Procedures on the Welfare, Health and Clinical Practise of 7926 Doctors in the UK: A Cross-Sectional Survey

This study, published in BMJ Open, aimed to investigate the impact of patient complaints on physician psychological welfare and health. The authors also aimed to...

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Qualitative Study of Burnout, Career Satisfaction, and Well-Being Among US Neurologists in 2016

This qualitative study, published in Neurology, sought to identify drivers and mitigating factors of burnout and well-being among US neurologists. The researchers...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Putting Patients First by Reducing Administrative Tasks in Health Care: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians

This position paper by the Medical Practice and Quality Committee of the American College of Physicians “reports policy recommendations to address the issue of...

Opinion Piece/Short Communication
Is There a Way to Prevent Quality Improvement Burnout?

The following blog post from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement discusses the need to examine how to design and prioritize quality improvement initiatives....

Opinion Piece/Short Communication
Patient Violence Against Clinicians: Managing the Risk

Published in Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience, this article is part of an ongoing column by Holly Taylor, which is dedicated to providing information to readers...

Opinion Piece/Short Communication
Personal Consequences of Malpractice Lawsuits on American Surgeons

Published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, the following study sought to identify the prevalence of recent malpractice litigation against...

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