Investing in Physicians’ Well-being is Just Good Business

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The moral and ethical reason for physician practices, hospitals and academic centers to address physician burnout should be obvious, but a new medical journal article makes the case for why addressing doctors’ well-being is also the financially responsible thing for healthcare organizations to do. Research has shown that physician burnout leads to a higher rate of physician turnover, lower productivity, lower quality of care, decreased patient satisfaction and increased patient safety problems.

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