Burnout Solutions

The goal is to identify strategies to identify, mitigate and ultimately prevent burnout among your infusion center providers.

1. Read the following article:

A Pragmatic Approach for Organizations to Measure Health Care Professional Well-Being, Liselotte N. Dyrbye

2. Read the following article:

Executive Leadership and Physician Well-being: Nine Organizational Strategies to Promote Engagement and Reduce Burnout, Tait D. Shanafelt, MD and John H. Noseworthy, MD.

3. Review chart below on burnout measures and choose one to utilize with your staff:

Source: Dyrbye et al., Pragmatic Approach for Organizations to Measure Health Care Professional Well-Being.”

4. Review the following burnout checklist on a regular basis:

  • Routine staff meetings with time for staff to share concerns
  • Yearly retreats
  • Have a Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program  (CUSP Team)
  • Have providers rotate between seeing patients in the outpatient and inpatient clinic (Allows providers to see patients doing well at times)
  • Support team through patient losses
  • Team Huddles as needed after a tough or great day
  • Support team members when patients display inappropriate behavior
    • (Team safety always comes first – make sure your team knows that!)
  • Leadership have an open door policy to hear concerns and act on them if needed
  • Express gratitude and encourage the public expression of gratitude
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