By Georgia Garvey, AMA Contributing News Writer
Physicians in the U.S. already know there’s a burnout crisis. Statistically, they’re even likely to be experiencing some symptoms of it themselves. But how can they make the business case to their health care organizations for meaningful and effective investments to combat the systemic drivers of burnout, translating philosophical agreement into solid financial support?
Burnout “is a huge burden to our national economy and certainly to our health care systems,” Kevin Hopkins, MD, a family doctor and senior physician adviser for practice transformation at the AMA, said during the AMA’s most recent “Saving Time: Practice Innovation Boot Camp.”
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