“The Burnout Crisis in American Medicine” – The Atlantic 05/11/2018

A recent survey by “The Physicians Foundation” found that we’re facing a burnout crisis in medicine in the U.S.

  • 49 percent of doctors often or always experience feelings of burnout
  • 83 percent of doctors have thought of quitting medicine
  • 90 percent of doctors feel medicine is on the wrong track

Take a look at the following%. It is very high!  I visited my physical annual visit last week. I can see he is still new to

the new electronic health records. He takes 3 trips to overseas to avoid getting burnout.

Here’s the link to the entire article by The Atlantic: “The Burnout Crisis in American Medicine“.