Physician burnout — a condition in which physicians lose satisfaction and a sense of efficacy in their work — has become widespread in our profession, driven by rapid changes in health care and our professional environment. Driven by experience and the mountainous body of evidence on the causes and impacts of physician burnout, this report is a call to action to begin to turn the tide before the consequences grow still more severe.
Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association, Massachusetts Medical Society, A Crisis in Health Care: A Call to Action on Physician Burnout
