Physician executives burned out?

The American College of Physician Executives surveyed 1,200 physician executives about their current morale, and the survey results were published in the November/December 2006 issue of The Physician Executive. Here are some of the survey results:

Low reimbursement rates and loss of autonomy were the top two reasons for poor morale.

Bureaucratic red tape, patient overload, loss of respect and the medical liability environment were among the other reasons physicians cited.

Those work problems caused fatigue in 77% of physicians, emotional burnout in 67% and marital/family discord or depression in about one in three physician respondents.

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