What can patient safety teach us about clinician burnout?

Albert W Wu; Victor J Dzau

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What can patient safety teach us about clinician burnout?

January 8, 2020

Wu AW, Dzau VJ. Ann Intern Med. 2019;171(12):933-934.

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This commentary discusses how we can apply lessons learned in patient safety to address clinician burnout. Lessons include (1) focusing on systems-level factors, (2) institutional and leadership commitment to change, (3) using measurement for accountability, and (4) directed leadership to implement successful change.

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