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Meeting the imperative to improve physician well-being: assessment of an innovative program
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences. (Social Medicine)
2007 (English)In: Journal of general internal medicine, ISSN 0884-8734, E-ISSN 1525-1497, Vol. 22, no 11, p. 1544-1552Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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BACKGROUND  Improving physician health and performance is critical to successfully meet the challenges facing health systems that increasingly emphasize productivity. Assessing long-term efficacy and sustainability of programs aimed at enhancing physician and organizational well-being is imperative. OBJECTIVE  To determine whether data-guided interventions and a systematic improvement process to enhance physician work-life balance and organizational efficacy can improve physician and organizational well-being. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS  From 2000 to 2005, 22–32 physicians regularly completed 3 questionnaires coded for privacy. Results were anonymously reported to physicians and the organization. Data-guided interventions to enhance physician and organizational well-being were built on physician control over the work environment, order in the clinical setting, and clinical meaning. MEASUREMENTS  Questionnaires included an ACP/ASIM survey on physician satisfaction, the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), and the Quality Work Competence (QWC) survey. RESULTS  Emotional and work-related exhaustion decreased significantly over the study period (MBI, p = 0.002; QWC, p = 0.035). QWC measures of organizational health significantly improved initially and remained acceptable and stable during the rest of the study. CONCLUSIONS  A data-guided program on physician well-being, using validated instruments and process improvement methods, enhanced physician and organizational well-being. Given the increases in physician burnout, organizations are encouraged to urgently create individual and systems approaches to lessen burnout risk.

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2007. Vol. 22, no 11, p. 1544-1552
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Health care administration, Organizational behavior, Physician satisfaction
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-15695DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0363-5ISI: 000250139200010PubMedID: 17891503OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-15695DiVA, id: diva2:43466
Available from: 2008-03-03 Created: 2008-03-03 Last updated: 2022-01-28Bibliographically approved

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