Doctor burnout has been a worsening problem since the start of the COVID pandemic, and new data shows it's affecting patients as well: 8 of 10 patients have witnessed stressed, overwhelmed doctors in recent visits, a new survey finds.
“They may not label it as burnout; rather something like, ‘My physician doesn’t listen to me,’” says Greenawald, a family doctor with the Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, VA.
In the Wheel survey, 1 in 4 respondents said their health care visit felt rushed and their providers did not have the time or energy to listen to their questions. Rushed visits and doctors’ lack of energy could result in medical errors, which, according to an 8-yearby Johns Hopkins University Medical School, cause 250,000 deaths annually in the United States. Misdiagnoses cause an estimated 40,000 to 80,000 deaths annually nationwide, and an estimated 12 million Americans receive diagnostic errors in primary care settings annually, one-third of which result in serious or permanent damage or even death.
Another factor, according to the survey, may be waning public appreciation of doctors’ efforts during the pandemic. In the beginning months, there were public displays nationwide celebrating doctors’ efforts to tackle COVID-19 head-on -- people put signs in their windows and yards and cheered from their apartment balconies. Now, public enthusiasm has largely decreased. Three in 5 survey respondents said they noticed the increasing lack of recognition for health care workers.
Nearly 1 in 3 patients responding to the Wheel survey said they’ve relied on their primary care clinicians for help with
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