Richard Payerchin is editor of Medical Economics.
Potential negative consequences of mental health care
September 20th 2022The Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation and the Physicians Foundation have joined to research physician burnout. J. Corey Feist, JD, MBA, cofounder of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation, explains how the findings affect physicians and other staff. “You’ve got an environment that is set up in a way that’s not supportive of the overall well-being … of the health care workforce,” he says.
Public perception of burnout, depression and suicide in the health care workforce
September 19th 2022J. Corey Feist, JD, MBA, cofounder of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation, discusses differences between burnout and depression among health care workers, and why both have been a surprise for the general public, especially before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Physician burnout was bad going into the COVID-19 pandemic
September 16th 2022Physicians and other health care workers began learning workplace burnout was increasing before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. J. Corey Feist, JD, MBA, cofounder of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation, uses a sports analogy to describe how the pandemic made a difficult situation worse.