by Diane W. Shannon | Oct 16, 2017 | Tools for Preventing Burnout
The prevalence of burnout among physicians is estimated to be more than 50 percent and has grown in recent years. This alarming trend is largely due to changing patient demographics, increasing cost constraints, new federal and state regulations, and other external... by Diane W. Shannon | Aug 15, 2017 | Leadership, Tools for Preventing Burnout
Many leaders of health care organizations are navigating tricky waters these days. Most now recognize that clinician burnout is a problem but are unsure what to do about it. Some avoid surveying clinicians because they don’t want to unearth problems that seem... by Diane W. Shannon | Aug 1, 2017 | Leadership, Tools for Preventing Burnout
On a sunny day in July, I dutifully ensconced myself at my desk and connected to a half-day National Academy of Medicine conference on burnout. All the speakers were interesting, but my ears really perked up toward the end of the event, when Jo Shapiro, MD, director... by Diane W. Shannon | Jun 29, 2017 | Tools for Preventing Burnout
The Scribe, Daryl Wofford, watercolor, 2017.Reprinted with permission of the artist. Recently, I had an opportunity to drop in on two of the foremost researchers in physician burnout, Sara Poplau and Mark Linzer of Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. We... by Diane W. Shannon | May 30, 2017 | Tools for Preventing Burnout
As a physician who left clinical medicine because of burnout and as a writer, I’m drawn to stories of physicians whose professional and personal lives have improved after reasoned interventions. So my ears jumped to attention earlier this month when a colleague at a... 
by Diane W. Shannon | Feb 13, 2017 | Tools for Preventing Burnout
When I wrote about the benefits of administrators shadowing frontline clinicians, I felt compelled to look for an opportunity to go to the front lines myself. After all, it has been 20 years since I donned a white coat and stethoscope. I’m firmly entrenched in the... 