Resource type: 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....

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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...

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Novel Metrics for Improving Professional Fulfillment

This article, published in Annals of Internal Medicine, presents novel metrics for improving professional fulfillment. The authors propose a set of EHR-related...

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Rude Providers Jeopardize Patient Safety. So Stop It.

This discusses the effect of rude or uncivil behavior among health care providers on clinical outcomes and teamwork. In particular, researchers have found that...

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Breaking the Rules for Better Care

The following viewpoint, published in JAMA, describes an effort undertaken in a network of North American hospitals and clinics to explore the types and magnitudes...

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Electronic Health Records: An Unfulfilled Promise and Call to Action

The following editorial, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine stated that electronic health record upkeep and maintenance absorb two hours of physician time...

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Professional Identity (Trans)Formation in Medical Education: Reflection, Relationship, Resilience

The following commentary in Academic Medicine discusses professional identity formation (PIF) as a fundamental goal of medical education. The author provides an...

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Combating the Burnout Epidemic

The following blog post from AHRQ Views discusses strategies to reduce physician burnout as well as AHRQ’s efforts in this area. The blog post notes that since...

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When Physicians Burn Out, Solutions are Elusive. Support Groups Can’t Counter the Root Causes of a Crisis

Published in Modern Healthcare, this news article provides commentary on the worsening of clinician burnout, how health IT can influence burnout, and how...

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The Problems with Burnout Research

Burnout among clinicians and trainees is well established as a potential threat to the health and well-being of health care providers and patients. However, there...

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