NIOSH and physician burnout: possible congressional action?

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health lends technical expertise to federal lawmakers, but does not endorse specific legislation. Even so, renewing the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Protection Act could be a key step in the start of a journey to end burnout for physicians and other health care workers, said John Howard, MD, MPH, JD, LLM, MBA, director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.