JAMA article calls for clinician workforce well‐being

A report in JAMA calls for leaders of health care institutions to adopt a comprehensive organizational approach to the well‐being of clinicians. Financially driven decisions not only deprioritize quality treatment and harm patient care, but undermine safety. The well‐being of clinicians faces the same risks, according to the article, “Accelerating Workforce Well‐Being — Lessons from Safety,” published April 27 in JAMA . A decrease in clinical well‐being leads to burnout, which is associated with “costly turnover, medical errors, worse patient experience, and reduced productivity and access to care,” according to the article, written by two physicians from the University of Colorado Medical School.