The chief medical officer of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation discusses the state of health care burnout as of mid-2025.
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Physician burnout is improving, inching down slowly, but still not back to a 2019 level that was deemed dangerously high even before the COVID-19 pandemic. Stefanie Simmons, MD, FACEP, chief medical officer of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation, discusses trends in burnout and suicide for physicians and other medical specialties.
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