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A joint effort between students at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design is training future physicians in design thinking to help identify and repair health system issues that contribute to physician burnout

Design Thinking Enables Med Students to Solve Challenges

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Partnership with design students focuses on innovative solutions to health system issues
Patients after rhinoplasty are perceived as more attractive

Patients Perceived as More Attractive After Rhinoplasty

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Procedure linked to perception that patients appear more attractive, more successful, healthier
Clinicians' job satisfaction is associated with improved burnout scores and reduced intention to leave their practices

Clinician Job Satisfaction Linked to Improved Burnout Scores

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Reduced intention to leave practice for clinicians who report increased job satisfaction during follow-up
Key stakeholders and physicians discussed electronic health record usability and optimization in the American Medical Association Running Your Practice Community.

Key Stakeholders Discuss How to Make EHRs More Usable

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Stakeholders, physicians discuss EHR usability and optimization, rules for releasing test results
Modifiable conditions

Conditions Tied to Clinician Dissatisfaction Are Modifiable

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Improving workplace satisfaction directly tied to reduced clinician burnout
The increasing participation of men in registered nursing can be attributed to multiple factors

Men Now Comprise ~10 Percent of RN Workforce

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About half of increase due to educational attainment, rising demand, liberalizing gender attitudes
Sharing of passwords to access electronic medical records is common among medical staff members

Sharing Passwords Is Widespread Among Medical Staff

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Almost three-fourths of survey respondents report having used a colleague's password to access EMRs
Many authors of dermatology clinical practice guidelines receive industry payments

Many Dermatology Guideline Authors Get Industry Payments

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22 of 40 guideline authors receiving payments did not accurately disclose industry relationships
Female physicians are more burned out than their male colleagues

Female Physicians May Be Especially at Risk of Burnout

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They tend to deal with psychosocial care more than male colleagues but can take steps to reduce stress
From 2009 to 2014 there was an increase in the population rate of breast reconstruction for mastectomy

Increase in Rate of Breast Reconstruction for Mastectomy

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From 2009 to 2014, increases for all age groups, especially for women aged 65 years and older