Occupational Health
[Abstract Only] Study: Estimating the Attributable Cost of Physician Burnout
29 May, 2019 | 01:50h | UTCEstimating the Attributable Cost of Physician Burnout in the United States – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Physician burnout costs the US health care system approximately $4.6 billion a year – American College of Physicians (free) AND Doctors are burning out twice as fast as other workers. The problem’s costing the US $4.6 billion each year. – Business Insider (free) AND Physician Burnout Costs the U.S. Billions of Dollars Each Year – TIME (free)
Related: Physician Burnout Costs up to $17B a Year, Task Force Says (articles and commentaries on the subject)
Related Commentary on Twitter
The economics of doctor burnout: ~$5B/year, and that isn't even factoring in the cost of the doubling of medical errors https://t.co/fqn0LenWzl @AnnalsofIM pic.twitter.com/ZLNOhvYB1h
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 27, 2019
ILO Report: Safety and Health at the Heart of the Future of Work
22 Apr, 2019 | 02:19h | UTCNews Release: New safety and health issues emerge as work changes (free)
Commentary: Stress, overtime, disease, contribute to 2.8 million workers’ deaths per year, reports UN labour agency – United Nations (free)
Brazilian Guideline for Screening and Treatment of Depression in the Workplace
22 Apr, 2019 | 02:00h | UTCDepression in the workplace: screening and treatment – Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira (free)
Randomized Trial: Workplace Wellness Programs do Little to Improve Overall Health or Lower Spending
17 Apr, 2019 | 06:17h | UTCEffect of a Workplace Wellness Program on Employee Health and Economic Outcomes: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Employer Wellness Programs—A Work in Progress (free)
Commentaries: Workplace wellness programs may help people change certain behaviors but do little to improve overall health or lower spending, study shows – Harvard Medical School (free) AND How Well Do Workplace Wellness Programs Work? – NPR (free) AND Harvard Study On Workplace Wellness: Behaviors Change But Health Does Not — So Far – CommonHealth (free) AND Employee Wellness Programs Yield Little Benefit, Study Shows – The New York Times (free)
Related: Workplace Wellness Programs Don’t Work Well. Why Some Studies Show Otherwise (free)
Real Cost of Heart Attacks and Strokes: Double the Direct Medical Expense
8 Apr, 2019 | 01:11h | UTCNews Release: Real cost of heart attacks and strokes: double the direct medical expense – European Society of Cardiology (free)
Study: COPD Prevalence Among Adults Who Have Never Smoked, by Industry and Occupation
8 Apr, 2019 | 01:04h | UTCCommentaries: Nonsmokers at Risk for COPD, Too – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND CDC: Prevalence of COPD High Among Some Nonsmokers – HealthDay (free)
Meta-Analysis: Shift Work and Ischemic Heart Disease
4 Apr, 2019 | 22:14h | UTCCommentary: Shift Work Is Tough on Workers’ Hearts, Study Shows – HealthDay (free)
Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Work-related Mental Health Conditions in General Practice
27 Mar, 2019 | 06:19h | UTCClinical guideline for the diagnosis and management of work-related mental health conditions in general practice – National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian Government (NHMRC) (free PDF)
See also: Short Form Guideline (free PDF) AND GP Summary (free PDF)
Commentary: Managing work-related mental health conditions in family medicine – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free for a limited period)
Related Commentary on Twitter
New guidance aims to support family physicians to help patients whose mental illness arises in the workplace: https://t.co/LomlqKC61J#familymedicine #primarycare #mentalhealth pic.twitter.com/sFN6ji2EHg
— CMAJ (@CMAJ) March 26, 2019
Cohort Study: Night Work and Risk of Miscarriage
27 Mar, 2019 | 05:37h | UTCCommentaries: Link Between Night Shift Work and Miscarriage – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND Miscarriage risk linked with night shift work – OnMedica (free) AND Night shift work linked to a higher risk of miscarriage – Reuters (free) AND Expert reaction to night shifts and miscarriage – Science Media Centre (free)
Study: Long Work Hours, Weekend Working and Depressive Symptoms in Men and Women
28 Feb, 2019 | 05:51h | UTCCommentaries: Working long hours linked to depression in women – University College London (free) AND Long Works Hours May Hike Depression Risk in Women – PsychCentral (free) AND Are women who work long hours more likely to be depressed? – NHS (free)
Review: Fatigue and its Management in the Workplace
25 Feb, 2019 | 00:51h | UTCFatigue and its management in the workplace – Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (free)
Computer vs. Patient: Fighting for Residents’ Attention
15 Feb, 2019 | 01:20h | UTCComputer vs. patient: Fighting for residents’ attention – SCOPE (free)
Original Article: Characterizing electronic health record usage patterns of inpatient medicine residents using event log data – PLOS One (free)
Related: Putting Patients First by Reducing Administrative Tasks in Health Care: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians (free) AND Date Night with the EHR – NEJM Catalyst (free) AND How Tech Can Turn Doctors into Clerical Workers – The New York Times Magazine (10 articles per month are free) AND To Combat Physician Burnout and Improve Care, Fix the Electronic Health Record – Harvard Business Review (a few articles per month are free) AND “It is like texting at the dinner table”: a qualitative analysis of the impact of electronic health records on patient–physician interaction in hospitals – Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics (free) AND A Time-Motion Study of Primary Care Physicians’ Work in the Electronic Health Record Era – Family Medicine (free) AND Care-Centered Clinical Documentation in the Digital Environment: Solutions to Alleviate Burnout – National Academy of Medicine (free) AND Electronic Health Record Usability Issues and Potential Contribution to Patient Harm – JAMA (free)
The Global Commission on the Future of Work Calls for Fundamental Changes in Health at Work
3 Feb, 2019 | 16:54h | UTCOriginal Report: Work for a brighter future: Global Commission on the Future of Work – International Labour Organization (free)
Perspective: When Is the Surgeon Too Old to Operate?
3 Feb, 2019 | 12:37h | UTCWhen Is the Surgeon Too Old to Operate? – The New York Times (free)
Related: Perspective: Assessing the Performance of Aging Surgeons (free for a limited period) AND Observational Study: Age and Sex of Surgeons and Mortality of Older Surgical Patients (free study and commentary) AND The Elderly and Driving: When Is It Time to Hit the Brakes? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Interesting and provocative issue. We have a generation of baby boomer surgeons for whom being a surgeon became their primary identity and therefore extremely difficult for them to walk away from. https://t.co/UVYLPzLv6m
— T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA (@sloaneguy) February 2, 2019
Perspective: The Death of the Sick Day
24 Jan, 2019 | 21:41h | UTCThe Death of the Sick Day – The New York Times (free)
“For many office workers, “working from home” has replaced a day spent recovering under the covers.”
Medscape National Physician Burnout, Depression & Suicide Report 2019
18 Jan, 2019 | 00:54h | UTCMedscape National Physician Burnout, Depression & Suicide Report 2019 (free registration required)
Commentaries: Burnout Rises Above 50% in Some Specialties, New Survey Shows – Medscape (free registration required) AND No quick fix for physician burnout, depression – Reuters (free) AND More than half of physicians are burned out or depressed – HealthExec (free)
Related Perspectives: Why Physician Burnout Is Endemic, and How Health Care Must Respond – NEJM Catalyst (free) AND Counting the costs: U.S. hospitals feeling the pain of physician burnout – Reuters (free) AND Panic, chronic anxiety and burnout: doctors at breaking point – The Guardian (free) AND The Burnout Crisis in American Medicine – The Atlantic (free) AND Implementing Optimal Team-Based Care to Reduce Clinician Burnout – National Academy of Medicine (free) AND Physician burnout costs up to $17B a year, task force says – HealthcareDive (free)
Related Articles: Physician Burnout Can Lead to Major Medical Errors (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Association Between Physician Burnout and Patient Safety, Professionalism, and Patient Satisfaction (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Systematic Review: Prevalence of Burnout Among Physicians (link to abstract and commentaries)
Perspective: Assessing the Performance of Aging Surgeons
17 Jan, 2019 | 00:13h | UTCAssessing the Performance of Aging Surgeons – JAMA (free for a limited period)
The Role of Occupational and Environmental Exposures in the Pathogenesis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
13 Jan, 2019 | 17:43h | UTC
Cohort Study: Effects of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Health Events on Work and Earnings
9 Jan, 2019 | 23:24h | UTCCommentary: Working Less, Earning Less: Stroke, MI, and Cardiac Arrest Have Long-term Labor Consequences – TCTMD (free)
Perspective: Potential Risks and Benefits of Mental Health Screening of Physicians
4 Dec, 2018 | 23:56h | UTCPotential Risks and Benefits of Mental Health Screening of Physicians – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Cohort Study: Rotating Night Shift Work, Unhealthy Lifestyle and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
23 Nov, 2018 | 00:22h | UTCCommentaries: Night shifts worsen diabetes risk for unhealthy women – OnMedica (free) AND Night shifts and unhealthy lifestyle linked to particularly high risk of type 2 diabetes – MedicalXpress (free) AND Unhealthy nurses working irregular night shifts at high diabetes risk – Nursing Times (free)
Meta-Analysis: Burnout Syndrome Among Medical Residents
23 Nov, 2018 | 00:11h | UTCBurnout syndrome among medical residents: A systematic review and meta-analysis – PLOS One (free)
Review: Silicosis and Lung Cancer
22 Nov, 2018 | 21:34h | UTCSilicosis and lung cancer: current perspectives – Lung Cancer: Targets and Therapy (free)
Cohort Study: Workplace Bullying and Workplace Violence as Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease
20 Nov, 2018 | 15:44h | UTCEditorial: Victimization in the workplace: a new target for cardiovascular prevention? (free)
Commentaries: Bullying and violence at work increases the risk of cardiovascular disease – European Society of Cardiology (free) AND Workplace bullying and violence tied to higher risk of heart problems – Reuters (free)
Perspective: Why Employers Should Stop Giving Away Snacks
11 Oct, 2018 | 20:10h | UTCWhy Employers Should Stop Giving Away Snacks – Pacific Standart (free)
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