Physician burnout viewed as a public health crisis

Daniel Marchalik, MD Daniel Marchalik, MD (photo by Jim Howe)
(photo by Jim Howe) Medicine can be a demanding, high-stress
profession for doctors, most of whom enter the profession because
of a desire to help others. But factors such as maintenance of
complicated electronic health records contribute to a growing rate
of physician burnout, which has become a national public health
crisis, says Medicine can be a demanding, high-stress profession
for doctors, most of whom enter the profession because of a desire
to help others. But factors such as maintenance of complicated
electronic health records contribute to a growing rate of physician
burnout, which has become a national public health crisis, says
Daniel Marchalik, MD Daniel Marchalik, MD. He is a urologist from
Georgetown University School of Medicine and the medical director
of physician well-being at MedStar Health, a not-for-profit health
care system in the Maryland/Washington, DC, area. Marchalik was
invited to speak at Upstate on physician burnout, which he has
studied extensively. He notes areas of physician burnout include
emotional exhaustion, depersonalization or callousness, and loss of
personal accomplishment and offers suggestions on how the health
care system can help prevent burnout among doctors, which also
affects their patients and medical students, among others.. He is a
urologist from Georgetown University School of Medicine and the
medical director of physician well-being at MedStar Health, a
not-for-profit health care system in the Maryland/Washington, DC,
area. Marchalik was invited to speak at Upstate on physician
burnout, which he has studied extensively. He notes areas of
physician burnout include emotional exhaustion, depersonalization
or callousness, and loss of personal accomplishment and offers
suggestions on how the health care system can help prevent burnout
among doctors, which also affects their patients and medical
students, among others.