COVID-19 and physician wellness: the path forward
From the outset of the pandemic, physicians and other health care professionals have navigated long hours in the hospital away from family, additional patient workloads, and daily fears of becoming seriously ill or dying from COVID-19. As a result, the…
Addressing burnout in the age of COVID
Edward Ellison, MD, shares pandemic lessons for preventing physician burnout
Edward M. Ellison, MD, addresses purpose-driven burnout in Harvard Business Review story
Edward M. Ellison, MD, outlines the benefits of ICD-11’s new burnout definition
Edward M. Ellison, MD, underscores need to address total cost of physician burnout
In a recent opinion piece for the Annals of Internal Medicine, Permanente Federation co-CEO Edward M. Ellison, MD, highlights the importance of addressing the total cost of physician burnout. In “Beyond the Economics of Burnout,” Dr. Ellison writes in support…
Edward Ellison, MD, addresses physician burnout at CNBC event
Ameya Kulkarni, MD, addresses physician loneliness in NEJM article
Modern medicine ushers in advanced technology that helps improve patient care and the way physicians work. But some of the side effects of these technology can lead to physician burnout, especially in an era of virtual care where, more and…