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Ishwaria Subbiah: Burnout in healthcare, an eye-opening statistic

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Oct 8, 2024, 16:20

Ishwaria Subbiah: Burnout in healthcare, an eye-opening statistic

Ishwaria Subbiah shared a post on LinkedIn:

“Burnout in healthcare: here’s an eye-opening statistic – in 2023, 1 in 5 physicians reports taking 5 or few PTO days a year.

A 2023 study of over 3000 US physicians across multiple organizations and specialties showed 20% reported taking 5 or fewer days per year, about 60% reported taking 15 or fewer vacation days per year.
What can be done? Organizations can leverage the AMA toolkit and other invaluable resources to…

Develop processes to provide full clinical coverage for physicians on PTO— this burden should not fall on physicians themselves, and Create PTO and related compensation policies that are straightforward and communicate them clearly to physicians.

These and other pearls are in the AMA Toolkit below clinician well-being professional well-being burnout in medicine.

2023 JAMA Network Open study.

A valuable AMA Toolkit for organizations ready to remove barriers that prevent physicians from taking time off.”

Ishwaria Subbiah

Ishwaria Subbiah is the Executive Director for Cancer Care Equity and Professional Wellness at Sarah Cannon Research Institute (SCRI). She is also the medical director of supportive care oncology, health equity and professional well being at The US Oncology Network.

Dr. Subbiah focuses on reducing cancer outcomes disparities and diversifying clinical trial participation within SCRI’s combined research network of over more than 1,300 physicians at over 250 locations in 24 states across the US. Dr. Subbiah is a globally recognized expert in geriatric oncology, symptom management, palliative care, and healthcare professional well-being. She previously was an associate professor in the Division of Cancer Medicine at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She is the Chair for the ASCO Women in Oncology working group and the ASCO State of Cancer Care in America initiative.