Occupational Health
Systematic Review: Prevalence of Burnout Among Physicians
20 Sep, 2018 | 19:41h | UTCPrevalence of Burnout Among Physicians: A Systematic Review – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Doctors Today May Be Miserable, But Are They ‘Burnt Out’? – NPR (free) AND Physician burnout taking center stage – Reuters (free) AND Burnout Found to Be Common Among U.S. Resident Physicians – Psychiatric News Alert (free)
Related: 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 To Care Is Human — Collectively Confronting the Clinician-Burnout Crisis – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Beyond Burnout — Redesigning Care to Restore Meaning and Sanity for Physicians (free) AND The Burnout Crisis in American Medicine – The Atlantic (free) AND To Combat Physician Burnout and Improve Care, Fix the Electronic Health Record (free commentaries)
Review: Implementing Optimal Team-Based Care to Reduce Clinician Burnout
20 Sep, 2018 | 19:40h | UTCImplementing Optimal Team-Based Care to Reduce Clinician Burnout – National Academy of Medicine (free)
Commentaries: Optimal team-based health care is associated with improved patient outcomes and physician well-being – ACP Newsroom (free) AND New Review Shows Team-Based Care May Reduce Physician Burnout – Medscape (free registration required)
Workplace Wellness Programs Don’t Work Well. Why Some Studies Show Otherwise
11 Aug, 2018 | 02:33h | UTCPerspective: Workplace Wellness Programs Don’t Work Well. Why Some Studies Show Otherwise – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Opinion: Physicians Aren’t ‘Burning Out.’ They’re Suffering From Moral Injury
26 Jul, 2018 | 20:22h | UTCPhysicians aren’t ‘burning out.’ They’re suffering from moral injury – STAT (free)
Related: The Burnout Crisis in American Medicine (free commentaries on the subject) AND Physician Burnout Can Lead to Major Medical Errors (link to abstract and free commentaries)
Study: Physician Burnout Can Lead to Major Medical Errors
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:30h | UTCPhysician Burnout, Well-being, and Work Unit Safety Grades in Relationship to Reported Medical Errors – Mayo Clinic Proceedings (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Medical errors may stem more from physician burnout than unsafe health care settings – Stanford Medicine, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Physician burnout, depression can lead to major medical errors: Study – ABC News (free) AND Burnout Tied to Twofold Higher Risk for Medical Errors – Medscape (free registration required)
Related: Perspective: The Burnout Crisis in American Medicine (free commentaries on the subject)
WHO Manual: Preventing Disease Through a Healthier and Safer Workplace
13 Jul, 2018 | 02:28h | UTCPreventing disease through a healthier and safer workplace – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Source: International Health Policies Newsletter
Study: Cancer Prevalence Among Flight Attendants Compared to the General Population
13 Jul, 2018 | 01:30h | UTCCancer prevalence among flight attendants compared to the general population – Environmental Health (free)
Commentaries: Flight attendants show higher cancer risks – UPI (free) AND Flight crew have higher rates of some cancers, study finds – The Guardian (free)
Study: Long Work Hours Associated with Increased Risk of Diabetes
6 Jul, 2018 | 09:41h | UTCCommentaries: Clocking up 45+ working hours/week linked to heightened risk of diabetes in women – BMJ, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Greater Risk of Diabetes in Women With Longer Work Week – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Related Study: Effect of Work Stressors on the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes (link to abstract and commentary)
Perspective: A Sleep Prescription for Medicine
15 Jun, 2018 | 02:07h | UTCA sleep prescription for medicine – The Lancet (free registration required)
“Junior doctors working a 34 h shift will make 460% more diagnostic mistakes than when well rested. Matthew Walker asks how can we change the culture of sleep within medicine?” (via @TheLancet see Tweet)
Cohort Study: Work Stress and Risk of Death in Men and Women
15 Jun, 2018 | 02:04h | UTCCommentaries: Stress at work in patients with cardiometabolic disease – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (free) AND Job strain linked to heightened risk of early death in men with heart disease/diabetes – OnMedica (free) AND Work stress raises risk of premature death in vulnerable men – study – The Guardian (free) AND Job Strain as Bad as Smoking in Men With Diabetes, Heart Disease – Medscape (free registration required)
Cohort Study: Job Strain Associated with Atrial Fibrillation
7 Jun, 2018 | 23:30h | UTCNews Release: Stressful jobs are associated with a higher risk of heart rhythm disorders – European Society of Cardiology (free)
Perspective: Has Suicide Become an Occupational Hazard of Practicing Medicine?
1 Jun, 2018 | 04:02h | UTCHas suicide become an occupational hazard of practicing medicine? – CMAJ News (free)
Related: Preventing physician suicide – ACP Hospitalist (free) AND What I’ve learned from my tally of 757 doctor suicides – The Washington Post (free) AND Why are doctors plagued by depression and suicide? A crisis comes into focus – STAT (free) AND Protecting interns and other physicians from depression and suicide – STAT (free)
“Our work environments are unhealthy and it’s supported by a culture of giving and made worse in modern times by a culture of efficiencies and bureaucracies”
Cohort Study: The Role of Job Strain in the Onset of Mental Disorders
28 May, 2018 | 12:24h | UTCThe role of job strain in understanding midlife common mental disorder: a national birth cohort study – The Lancet Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: How job strain may impair mental health – Medical News Today (free) AND Job strain linked to onset of common mental illness – Black Dog Institute, via MedicalXpress (free) AND Job Stress May Be a ‘Substantial Contributor’ to Mental Illness – Medscape (free registration required)
Perspective: The Burnout Crisis in American Medicine
16 May, 2018 | 01:08h | UTCThe Burnout Crisis in American Medicine – The Atlantic (free)
Related: 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 To Care Is Human — Collectively Confronting the Clinician-Burnout Crisis – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Beyond Burnout — Redesigning Care to Restore Meaning and Sanity for Physicians – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies: Do Highly Physically Active Workers Die Early?
16 May, 2018 | 00:48h | UTCCommentaries: Expert reaction to systematic review and meta-analysis on workplace physical activity and risk of early death – Science Media Centre (free) AND Exercise is good for you – unless it’s part of your job – The Guardian (free) AND High physical activity at work may increase death risk – Medical News Today (free)
Systematic Review: Interventions for Preventing Occupational Irritant Hand Dermatitis
3 May, 2018 | 20:02h | UTCInterventions for preventing occupational irritant hand dermatitis – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Summary: Treatments to prevent hand skin irritation in the workplace – Cochrane Library (free)
Report: A Smarter National Surveillance System for Occupational Safety and Health
14 Apr, 2018 | 19:29h | UTC
Cross-sectional analysis: noise exposure in workplace tied to hypertension and high cholesterol
13 Apr, 2018 | 01:03h | UTCCardiovascular conditions, hearing difficulty, and occupational noise exposure within US industries and occupations – American Journal of Industrial Medicine (free PDF for a limited period)
Commentaries: Noisy workplace tied to high blood pressure and high cholesterol – Reuters (free) AND Noisy Workplace Linked to Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia – Medscape (free registration required)
Perspective: to combat physician burnout and improve care, fix the electronic health record
3 Apr, 2018 | 17:37h | UTCTo Combat Physician Burnout and Improve Care, Fix the Electronic Health Record – Harvard Business Review (a few articles per month are free)
Related: Care-Centered Clinical Documentation in the Digital Environment: Solutions to Alleviate Burnout – National Academy of Medicine (free) AND Date Night with the EHR – NEJM Catalyst (free) AND Why Physician Burnout Is Endemic, and How Health Care Must Respond – NEJM Catalyst (free) AND Putting Patients First by Reducing Administrative Tasks in Health Care: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians (free)
Perspective: charter on physician well-being
3 Apr, 2018 | 17:38h | UTCCharter on Physician Well-being – JAMA (free)
Perspective: navigating occupational hazards for the pregnant nurse
3 Apr, 2018 | 15:17h | UTCNavigating Occupational Hazards for the Pregnant Nurse – Daily Nurse (free)
Research: Primary Care Physicians’ Work in the Electronic Health Record Era
2 Mar, 2018 | 01:21h | UTCCommentary: EHR Time Exceeds Patient Face Time in Family Practice Visits – Medscape (free registration required)
Related: Care-Centered Clinical Documentation in the Digital Environment: Solutions to Alleviate Burnout – National Academy of Medicine (free) AND Date Night with the EHR – NEJM Catalyst (free) AND Why Physician Burnout Is Endemic, and How Health Care Must Respond – NEJM Catalyst (free) AND Putting Patients First by Reducing Administrative Tasks in Health Care: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians(free)
Guidelines for Recognition of Occupational Cancers
27 Feb, 2018 | 17:19h | UTC
Opinion: Compassionate leadership has a pivotal role in tackling bullying in healthcare
27 Feb, 2018 | 15:55h | UTCCompassionate leadership has a pivotal role in tackling bullying in healthcare – The BMJ Opinion (free)
“Negative staff experiences are often a precursor for negative patient experiences”.
Research: Cleaning at Home and at Work in Relation to Lung Function Decline and Airway Obstruction
23 Feb, 2018 | 00:54h | UTCCleaning at Home and at Work in Relation to Lung Function Decline and Airway Obstruction – American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Women Who Clean at Home or Work Face Increased Lung Function Decline – American Thoracic Society, via NewsWise (free) AND Cleaning Chemicals ‘Likely Cause Substantial Damage To Women’s Lungs’, Study Finds – Huffpost (free) AND Cleaning at home or work linked to faster lung function decline in women – Univadis (free registration required)