Reduce Physician Burnout Using Pharmacists

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In a time where burnout is at all time highs, physicians deserve harmony and professional fulfillment to provide .

Physicians Need Practical Support

It’s critical for everyone that practical methods are implemented to improve physician well being, burnout and professional fulfillment.?

Bureaucracy, lack of autonomy and professional fulfillment rein over physicians.?

One means to aid physicians to practice more fulfilling work and reduce their workload is starting clinical pharmacist services in clinics to improve physicians well-being.??

Pharmacist-delivered comprehensive medication management (CMM) and comprehensive disease management was explored on its effects for physician & APP work life.?

Physicians and their APPs reported rave reviews of having a pharmacist integrated for patient care.?

Reduction in Physician Workload

PCPs reported a “decreased workload” since the pharmacist was integrated on their team.?

87% either strongly or somewhat agreed integrated clinical pharmacy services with a pharmacist reduced their workload.

Physicians delegated work to their pharmacist during visits to support medication management and education, addressing calls/messages in regards to medications, refills and more.?

Physicians and APPs felt LESS emotional exhaustion with pharmacists' support. They turned to pharmacists in managing their more complex patients.

Resources & Efficiency

They increased access for patients when they had medication-specific and chronic management visits, the pharmacist would see the patient directly. Ultimately, the pharmacists supported increasing “achievement of quality measures” as additional strategies, more touchpoints, prioritized plans to achieve and track these for goal attainment using the pharmacist.

More time was gained for them to focus on activities that provided more professionally fulfilling work.?

Physician Fulfillment

Physicians and their team found more meaning in their work.

Physicians and the team were able to practice more in alignment with their strengths using the time pharmacists saved them.?

91% were extremely satisfied with clinical pharmacy services integrated in their clinic

They reported using pharmacists weekly to daily, and 8% used the pharmacist multiple times a day for curbside consults, chronic disease management and comprehensive medication management.?

Improved Patient Treatment

Physicians and their APPs reported the pharmacists also helped enhance their professional learning, and improved their confidence in treatment recommendations in developing patients' care plan.

PCPs described their pharmacists skillset as complementing their own skills.

Greater than 90% agreed their clinical pharmacists supported them in effective panel management, helping their patients progress toward health goals.?

At least 87% agreed pharmacists improved patients' medication use.?

Physicians Deserve Harmony

With burnout in healthcare at an all time high, solutions are needed. Every single one of us needs physicians at the top of their game.

Not exhausted.??

Loving their work.?

Staying in harmony with work and life.?

While this solution for physicians to improves harmony in medicine is no quick fix, the benefits are there four-fold. Consider it like many other “lifestyle” based solutions. It took months to years to get to this point. With effort and practical solutions aimed to improve workload and increase fulfillment along with community in the workplace - we can do this together.?

PS. The term burnout IMO indicates issues lay on the person yet the term continues being used as a means to discuss the moral injury and variety of drivers affecting physicians and clinicians professional and mental well-being.?