Addressing clinician burnout: an occupational health perspective

<p>Join Mara Buchbinder, a medical anthropologist, and explore the pressing issue of clinician burnout within the health care system. Delve into the shortcomings of conventional mental health approaches and the potential of an occupational health lens to uncover underlying causes. Discover practical solutions that prioritize psychosocial safety and organizational well-being, as we discuss the transformative impact of embracing this approach on clinician well-being.</p> <p><a href= "https://www.med.unc.edu/socialmed/directory/mara-buchbinder/" target="_blank" rel="follow noopener noreferrer" data-wpel-link= "exclude">Mara Buchbinder</a> is a medical anthropologist.</p> <p>She discusses the KevinMD article, "<a href= "https://www.kevinmd.com/2023/07/what-an-occupational-health-lens-reveals-about-clinician-burnout.html">What an occupational health lens reveals about clinician burnout</a>."</p> <p><a href="https://nuance.com/daxinaction"><img class= "alignnone wp-image-424286 size-medium" src= "https://www.kevinmd.com/wp-content/uploads/NuanceLogo_Horz_k-2-300x62.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="62" /></a></p> <p><em>The Podcast by KevinMD is brought to you by the <a href= "https://nuance.com/daxinaction">Nuance Dragon Ambient eXperience</a>.</em></p> <p><em>With a growing physician shortage, increasing burnout, and declining patient satisfaction, a dramatic change is needed to make health care more efficient and effective and bring back the joy of practicing medicine. AI-driven ambient clinical intelligence promises to help by revolutionizing patient and provider experiences with clinical documentation that writes itself.</em></p> <p><em>The <a href="https://nuance.com/daxinaction">Nuance Dragon Ambient eXperience</a>, or DAX for short, is a voice-enabled, ambient clinical intelligence solution that automatically captures patient encounters securely and accurately at the point of care. Physicians who use DAX have reported a 50 percent decrease in documentation time and a 70 percent reduction in feelings of burnout, a