Background: Physician burnout is associated with negative outcomes for physicians, patients, and organizations. In our urban, academic medical center, 32% of hospitalist faculty report experiencing burnout at least once weekly. Clinical practice as a hospitalist involves dealing with medical acuity, diagnostic and therapeutic uncertainty, and complex interpersonal interactions, all of which may contribute to emotional [...]

Background: Caregivers of Children with Medical Complexity (CCMC) are essential to their child’s care during hospital admissions. Prior research suggests that prolonged hospitalization of their child negatively impacts the emotional, physical and psychosocial well-being of CCMC. However, there is a paucity of data regarding caregivers’ perspectives on potential effective solutions to improve their own wellness [...]

Background: Healthcare systems in the United States are navigating a complex landscape of financial strain, high clinician burnout, and workforce instability. The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the clinical space offers the potential to improve clinical care and productivity but faces challenges like cost, clinician acceptance, and bias. Use of AI tools in [...]

Background: A key factor contributing to physician burnout is what is known as “pajama time”—the time spent on clinical tasks outside of regular working hours. For inpatient physicians, responding to after hours texting may contribute significantly to pajama time. Purpose: At our large, urban academic medical center, 163 medicine residents rotate through the general medicine [...]

Background: Violence towards healthcare workers represents a critical threat to safe and effective care delivery. United States Bureau of Labor statistics demonstrate disproportionately higher rates of violence towards healthcare staff than workers in other industries, with healthcare accounting for 73 percent of all nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses due to violence in 2018 (1). The [...]