Joy in Medical Practice: Clinician Satisfaction in the Healthy Work Place Trial

The Healthy Work Place trial study, published in Health Affairs was conducted to better understand how clinicians’ job satisfaction relates to work conditions and outcomes. Satisfaction was found to be associated with less chaos, more cohesion, better communication, and closer values alignment at work, but not with higher-quality care or fewer medical errors. At the follow-up, the respondents whose satisfaction increased from baseline were more likely to report improved burnout scores and indicate reduced intention to leave their practices. These findings illustrate and confirm that clinicians’ job satisfaction is related to remediable work conditions.