Client TigerText Featured on Becker’s ASC Review.
The fast-paced technology-driven healthcare field has spurred innovation and initiatives focused on enhancing patient care. With the good however, comes a serious, and as data proves, a far-reaching problem — physician burnout.
The 2016 Medscape Lifestyle Report surveyed more than 15,800 physicians spanning more than 25 specialties. The survey found among critical care, urology and emergency medicine physicians, nearly 55 percent reported a symptom of burnout. Burnout’s fallout may impact patient care with burned out physician reporting a bias of 55 percent, 10 percent higher than physicians who are not burned out.
Andrew Brooks, MD, co-founder and chief medical officer of TigerText, is well-versed in the administrative burdens and data requirements driving burnout. He started the company to help physicians improve and eliminate the stress of the convoluted communication system.
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