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Home Research Research Library Building a Sustainable Primary Care Workforce: Where Do We Go from Here? Building a Sustainable Primary Care Workforce: Where Do We Go from Here? 2017 Author(s) Linzer, M, and Poplau, S Topic(s) Achieving Health System Goals Keyword(s) Policy Brief Commentaries, and Physician Experience (Burnout / Satisfaction) Volume 30(2):127-129 Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine The article by Puffer et al in this month’s JABFM confirms a high burnout rate (25%) among family physicians renewing their credentials, with a higher rate among young and female doctors. Recent reports confirm high burnout rates among general internists. Thus, mechanisms to monitor and improve worklife in primary care are urgently needed. We describe the Mini Z (for “zero burnout program”) measure, designed for these purposes, and suggest interventions that might improve satisfaction and sustainability in primary care, including longer visits, clinician control of work schedules, scribe support for electronic medical record work, team-based care, and an explicit emphasis on work-home balance. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2019 Palliative Care Champions Are a Promising Solution to Meeting Patient Needs Go to Palliative Care Champions Are a Promising Solution to Meeting Patient Needs 2015 Transforming Training to Build the Family Physician Workforce Our Country Needs Go to Transforming Training to Build the Family Physician Workforce Our Country Needs 2022 Impact of COVID-19 on perinatal care: Perceptions of family physicians in the United States Go to Impact of COVID-19 on perinatal care: Perceptions of family physicians in the United States 2018 Higher Primary Care Physician Continuity is Associated With Lower Costs and Hospitalizations Go to Higher Primary Care Physician Continuity is Associated With Lower Costs and Hospitalizations
Author(s) Linzer, M, and Poplau, S Topic(s) Achieving Health System Goals Keyword(s) Policy Brief Commentaries, and Physician Experience (Burnout / Satisfaction) Volume 30(2):127-129 Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2019 Palliative Care Champions Are a Promising Solution to Meeting Patient Needs Go to Palliative Care Champions Are a Promising Solution to Meeting Patient Needs 2015 Transforming Training to Build the Family Physician Workforce Our Country Needs Go to Transforming Training to Build the Family Physician Workforce Our Country Needs 2022 Impact of COVID-19 on perinatal care: Perceptions of family physicians in the United States Go to Impact of COVID-19 on perinatal care: Perceptions of family physicians in the United States 2018 Higher Primary Care Physician Continuity is Associated With Lower Costs and Hospitalizations Go to Higher Primary Care Physician Continuity is Associated With Lower Costs and Hospitalizations
2019 Palliative Care Champions Are a Promising Solution to Meeting Patient Needs Go to Palliative Care Champions Are a Promising Solution to Meeting Patient Needs
2015 Transforming Training to Build the Family Physician Workforce Our Country Needs Go to Transforming Training to Build the Family Physician Workforce Our Country Needs
2022 Impact of COVID-19 on perinatal care: Perceptions of family physicians in the United States Go to Impact of COVID-19 on perinatal care: Perceptions of family physicians in the United States
2018 Higher Primary Care Physician Continuity is Associated With Lower Costs and Hospitalizations Go to Higher Primary Care Physician Continuity is Associated With Lower Costs and Hospitalizations