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Pictorial Review | Occupational lung diseases: spectrum of common imaging manifestations

9 Aug, 2023 | 14:51h | UTC

Occupational Lung Diseases: Spectrum of Common Imaging Manifestations – Korean Journal of Radiology

 


Cohort Study | Impact of work schedules of senior resident physicians on patient and resident physician safety

25 Apr, 2023 | 14:43h | UTC

Impact of work schedules of senior resident physicians on patient and resident physician safety: nationwide, prospective cohort study – BMJ Medicine

News Release: National Study of Resident Physicians Suggests Need for Federal Work Hour Guideline Changes – Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Commentaries:

Extended work hours increase risk of harm, regardless of resident physicians’ experience levels – The BMJ

Resident Doctors’ Long Work Shifts Could Bring Peril to Patients – HealthDay

 


ICU Burnout Crisis | Meta-analysis reveals over 40% prevalence in medical professionals

30 Mar, 2023 | 14:30h | UTC

High-level burnout in physicians and nurses working in adult ICUs: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Intensive Care Medicine (if the link is paywalled, try this one)

Related:

Addressing Health Worker Burnout – The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on Building a Thriving Health Workforce

AAP Clinical Report | Physician health and wellness.

M-A | Physicians suffering burnout are twice as likely to be involved in patient safety incidents.

Systematic Review | Predictors of burnout among healthcare providers.

Prevalence of burnout among GPs: a systematic review and meta-analysis – British Journal of General Practice

Physician Well-being 2.0: Where Are We and Where Are We Going? – Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Consensus Study – Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being – National Academies of Medicine

Consensus Study – Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being – National Academies of Medicine

Assessment of Risk Factors for Suicide Among US Health Care Professionals

Beyond Burnout: Docs Decry ‘Moral Injury’ From Financial Pressures of Health Care

Hospital administration response to physician stress and burnout – Journal of Hospital Practice

Opinion: It’s Time to Talk About Physician Burnout and Moral Injury

Systematic Review: Effect of Organization-Directed Workplace Interventions on Physician Burnout

The 3 Causes Of Physician Burnout (And Why There’s No Simple Solution) – Forbes

Physician Burnout: A Global Crisis

The Burnout Crisis in American Medicine – The Atlantic

To Combat Physician Burnout and Improve Care, Fix the Electronic Health Record – Harvard Business Review

Physician burnout costs up to $17B a year, task force says – HealthcareDive

Systematic Review: Prevalence of Burnout Among Physicians

Prevalence of Burnout in Medical and Surgical Residents: A Meta-Analysis – International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Association Between Physician Burnout and Patient Safety, Professionalism, and Patient Satisfaction

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


Physicians are more burned out than ever — here’s what can be done about it

28 Feb, 2023 | 13:57h | UTC

Physicians Are More Burned Out Than Ever—Here’s What Can Be Done About It – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Related Report: Addressing Health Worker Burnout – The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on Building a Thriving Health Workforce

Related:

AAP Clinical Report | Physician health and wellness.

M-A | Physicians suffering burnout are twice as likely to be involved in patient safety incidents.

Systematic Review | Predictors of burnout among healthcare providers.

Prevalence of burnout among GPs: a systematic review and meta-analysis – British Journal of General Practice

Physician Well-being 2.0: Where Are We and Where Are We Going? – Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Consensus Study – Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being – National Academies of Medicine

Consensus Study – Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being – National Academies of Medicine

Assessment of Risk Factors for Suicide Among US Health Care Professionals

Beyond Burnout: Docs Decry ‘Moral Injury’ From Financial Pressures of Health Care

Hospital administration response to physician stress and burnout – Journal of Hospital Practice

Opinion: It’s Time to Talk About Physician Burnout and Moral Injury

Systematic Review: Effect of Organization-Directed Workplace Interventions on Physician Burnout

The 3 Causes Of Physician Burnout (And Why There’s No Simple Solution) – Forbes

Physician Burnout: A Global Crisis

The Burnout Crisis in American Medicine – The Atlantic

To Combat Physician Burnout and Improve Care, Fix the Electronic Health Record – Harvard Business Review

Physician burnout costs up to $17B a year, task force says – HealthcareDive

Systematic Review: Prevalence of Burnout Among Physicians

Prevalence of Burnout in Medical and Surgical Residents: A Meta-Analysis – International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Association Between Physician Burnout and Patient Safety, Professionalism, and Patient Satisfaction

 


SHEA/IDSA/APIC Recommendations | Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene

9 Feb, 2023 | 14:08h | UTC

SHEA/IDSA/APIC Practice Recommendation: Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene: 2022 Update – Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

 


ILO Report | Working time and work-life balance around the world

2 Feb, 2023 | 15:09h | UTC

Working Time and Work-Life Balance Around the World – International Labour Organization

News Release: Flexible working hours can benefit work-life balance, businesses and productivity – International Labour Organization

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


CDC Study | Working in mining, food services, and construction linked to increased mortality from COPD

19 Jan, 2023 | 14:01h | UTC

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Mortality by Industry and Occupation — United States, 2020 – Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Commentary: ~10 Percent of Deaths Among Ever-Employed Linked to COPD in 2020 – HealthDay

 


Review | Organization-wide approaches to foster effective unit-level efforts to improve clinician well-being

18 Jan, 2023 | 14:19h | UTC

Organization-Wide Approaches to Foster Effective Unit-Level Efforts to Improve Clinician Well-Being – Mayo Clinic Proceedings

 


Review | Psychiatric issues among health professionals.

24 Nov, 2022 | 13:29h | UTC

Psychiatric Issues Among Health Professionals – Medical Clinics of North America

 


AAP Clinical Report | Physician health and wellness.

3 Nov, 2022 | 14:06h | UTC

Physician Health and Wellness – Pediatrics

Related:

M-A | Physicians suffering burnout are twice as likely to be involved in patient safety incidents.

Systematic Review | Predictors of burnout among healthcare providers.

Prevalence of burnout among GPs: a systematic review and meta-analysis – British Journal of General Practice

Physician Well-being 2.0: Where Are We and Where Are We Going? – Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Consensus Study – Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being – National Academies of Medicine

Consensus Study – Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being – National Academies of Medicine

Assessment of Risk Factors for Suicide Among US Health Care Professionals

Beyond Burnout: Docs Decry ‘Moral Injury’ From Financial Pressures of Health Care

Hospital administration response to physician stress and burnout – Journal of Hospital Practice

Opinion: It’s Time to Talk About Physician Burnout and Moral Injury

Systematic Review: Effect of Organization-Directed Workplace Interventions on Physician Burnout

The 3 Causes Of Physician Burnout (And Why There’s No Simple Solution) – Forbes

Physician Burnout: A Global Crisis (several other resources on the subject)

 


EULAR points to consider to support people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in work participation.

2 Nov, 2022 | 14:20h | UTC

2021 EULAR points to consider to support people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases to participate in healthy and sustainable paid work – Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

News Release: Supporting workers with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases – European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology

 


WHO Guidelines on mental health at work.

1 Nov, 2022 | 12:15h | UTC

Guidelines on mental health at work – World Health Organization

News Release: WHO and ILO call for new measures to tackle mental health issues at work – World Health Organization

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

 


M-A of randomized trials | Effectiveness of work-related interventions for return to work in people on sick leave.

14 Sep, 2022 | 13:08h | UTC

Effectiveness of work-related interventions for return to work in people on sick leave: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials – Systematic Reviews

 


[Preprint] Largest study to date on long COVID identifies a broad list of diagnoses.

10 Jun, 2022 | 11:53h | UTC

Study Commentary: Largest study to date on long COVID identifies a broad list of diagnoses – News Medical

Original Study: Understanding Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection through Data-Driven Analysis with Longitudinal Electronic Health Records: Findings from the RECOVER Initiative – medRxiv

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


Survey: Do people with symptoms of an infectious illness follow advice to stay at home?

2 Jun, 2022 | 10:30h | UTC

Do people with symptoms of an infectious illness follow advice to stay at home? Evidence from a series of cross-sectional surveys about presenteeism in the UK – BMJ Open

Related:

A systematic review of infectious illness Presenteeism: prevalence, reasons and risk factors – BMC Public Health

Doctors working while sick is bad enough in ordinary times. During the Covid-19 outbreak it could be catastrophic – STAT

Which healthcare workers work with acute respiratory illness? Evidence from Canadian acute-care hospitals during 4 influenza seasons: 2010–2011 to 2013–2014 – Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

This flu season, physicians need to scrap the ‘martyr culture’ of working while sick – STAT

Healthcare Providers Shouldn’t Come to Work While Sick, but They Do — Here’s Why – HIV and ID Observations, Journal Watch Blog

 


M-A: Prevalence of burnout among GPs.

13 May, 2022 | 11:01h | UTC

Prevalence of burnout among GPs: a systematic review and meta-analysis – British Journal of General Practice

Related:

Viewpoint | How to Measure Progress in Addressing Physician Well-being: Beyond Burnout.

Physician Well-being 2.0: Where Are We and Where Are We Going?

Consensus Study – Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being – National Academies of Medicine

[Abstract Only] Assessment of Risk Factors for Suicide Among US Health Care Professionals

Beyond Burnout: Docs Decry ‘Moral Injury’ From Financial Pressures of Health Care

Perspective: Hospital Administration Response to Physician Stress and Burnout

Opinion: It’s Time to Talk About Physician Burnout and Moral Injury

Systematic Review: Effect of Organization-Directed Workplace Interventions on Physician Burnout

Perspective: The 3 Causes Of Physician Burnout (And Why There’s No Simple Solution)

Physician Burnout: A Global Crisis (several resources on the subject)

 


Limiting resident-physician work hours may improve patient safety outcomes.

12 May, 2022 | 10:30h | UTC

News Release: Limiting resident-physician work hours improved patient safety outcome – Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Original Study: National improvements in resident physician-reported patient safety after limiting first-year resident physicians’ extended duration work shifts: a pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies – BMJ Quality & Safety

 


Systematic Review: Workplace interventions to reduce the risk of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection outside of healthcare settings.

9 May, 2022 | 02:09h | UTC

Workplace interventions to reduce the risk of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection outside of healthcare settings – Cochrane Library

Summary: Interventions to reduce the risk of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2) infection among workers outside healthcare settings – Cochrane Library

 


Cohort Study: Rotating night shift work and healthy aging after 24 years of follow-up in the Nurses’ Health Study.

9 May, 2022 | 02:29h | UTC

Rotating Night Shift Work and Healthy Aging After 24 Years of Follow-up in the Nurses’ Health Study – JAMA Network Open

Commentary: Rotating Night Shifts May Hamper Healthy Aging – HealthDay

 

Commentary on Twitter

 


M-A: Global prevalence of post COVID-19 condition or long COVID.

19 Apr, 2022 | 02:18h | UTC

Global Prevalence of Post COVID-19 Condition or Long COVID: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review – The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Commentary: Global data reveal half may have long COVID 4 months on – CIDRAP

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

 


Systematic Review: How the reduction of working hours could influence health outcomes.

8 Apr, 2022 | 09:50h | UTC

How the reduction of working hours could influence health outcomes: a systematic review of published studies – BMJ Open

 


Study suggests that individuals with alcohol use disorder disproportionately miss work.

23 Mar, 2022 | 10:01h | UTC

Association Between Workplace Absenteeism and Alcohol Use Disorder From the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2015-2019 – JAMA Network Open

Commentaries:

In U.S., alcohol use disorder linked to 232 million missed workdays annually – Washington University in St. Louis

Problem Drinking to Blame for 232 Million Missed Workdays in U.S. Annually – HealthDay

 


Neurocognitive impairment in night and shift workers: a meta-analysis of observational studies.

17 Mar, 2022 | 08:13h | UTC

Neurocognitive impairment in night and shift workers: a meta-analysis of observational studies – Occupational & Environmental Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

News Release: Shift work linked to poorer working memory and slower mental processing speed – BMJ Newsroom

Commentary: Shift Work Linked to Decreased Cognitive Performance – HealthDay

 


New WHO/ILO guide urges greater safeguards to protect health workers.

10 Mar, 2022 | 10:42h | UTC

New WHO/ILO guide urges greater safeguards to protect health workers – World Health Organization

WHO Guide: Caring for those who care: Guide for the development and implementation of occupational health and safety programmes for health workers – World Health Organization

Executive Summary: Caring for those who care: Guide for the development and implementation of occupational health and safety programmes for health workers – World Health Organization

 


WHO: COVID-19 pandemic triggers a 25% increase in the prevalence of anxiety and depression worldwide.

3 Mar, 2022 | 09:44h | UTC

News Release: COVID-19 pandemic triggers 25% increase in prevalence of anxiety and depression worldwide – World Health Organization

Scientific Brief: Mental health and COVID-19: Early evidence of the pandemic’s impact – World Health Organization

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

 


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