Richard Payerchin

Finding, providing and paying for the best mental health services for physicians is a complicated topic, but there is an easy way to help.

Programs will add community health workers, nurses in primary care, other specialties, and public health.

The 2022 Physicians Foundation survey found 80% of physicians feel there is stigma attached to physicians seeking mental health care.

HHS Inspector General examines process for getting drugs to patients and to market quickly.

The worst state is more than double the national average for health insurance coverage.

Physician burnout is “very disturbing,” “quite worrisome,” and “a crisis” in U.S. health care, according to three leaders of the Physicians Foundation.

Figures strengthen resolve but don’t offer context for complex issue, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention says.

Health care systems will change when more leaders realize how expensive it is to replace physicians who leave because of poor workplace conditions.

International study examines intertwined effects as problem approaches global crisis.

A conversation on physician well-being

Making electronic health records more user friendly, while adding to physician flexibility and autonomy, are practical solutions that could reduce physician burnout.

Potential $1 million fines are possible for physicians and health care providers who won’t share patient electronic health information.

Primary care physicians get 24 hours a day — but would need at least 26.7 to provide guideline-based care to their patients.

Facilitators dubbed more or less effective based on outcomes in federal heart health initiative.

Physicians have analyzed conditions that contribute to workplace burnout – but corrections have been slow to come.

Texas Medical Association claims arbitration rules give unfair advantage to health insurers.

Gary Price, MD, MBA, president of The Physicians Foundation, reacts to a new Foundation survey finding that 62% of physicians feel some symptoms of job-related burnout.

Analyst uses hyperlocal data to understand current and forecasted physician shortages.

Raising public awareness and developing concrete solutions about workplace burnout and mental health care in the United States.

Positive effects emerge when patients get medical care, avoid deadly fentanyl-laced street drugs.

Primary care physicians deserve gratitude for their work, says J. Corey Feist, JD, MBA, cofounder of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation.

Four states, D.C., at or below half the national average.

Congress could overrule presidential declaration, but White House threatened veto of similar measure in March.

Researchers say data debunk “myths” that hold back widespread electronic interaction between physicians, patients.

In a number of forums, asking physicians about prior mental health conditions or treatment create barriers to seeking help when they need it.

Federal AHRQ offers starting point for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

MGMA surveys physicians to find out what could happen in 2023.

The cofounder of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation discusses the dangers of suffering in silence.

Recognizing signs, connecting to care could save lives, but more research “critically needed.”

The 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.