Doctor Burnout Can Impact Your Health

Experts agree – doctor burnout is a public health crisis.  Importantly, doctors currently report crisis levels of work-related burnout, defined as long-term, unsolvable job stress that leads to exhaustion and feeling overwhelmed, cynical, detached from the job, and unfulfilled. Unsurprisingly, when doctors experience burnout, their health, as well as ours, is at risk.

How widespread is doctor burnout?

As you likely know, COVID-19 placed an extreme burden on doctors and healthcare systems. Studies showed that, worldwide, doctors (and other healthcare workers) providing frontline care experienced high rates of stress, anxiety, depression, and PTSD.

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Roberta Carson President of Zaggo, Inc.

I started Zaggo, a nonprofit organization, to help patients and family caregivers manage illnesses and injuries, after caring for my teenage son Zachary during his 27-month battle with terminal brain cancer. My caregiving experience led to a passion for helping patients and family caregivers be engaged, empowered members of their medical teams to help them get the best healthcare and outcomes possible.

I have won several awards for my work, including a recent "Visionary Award" from Caregiving.com, and a "Website of the Year Caring Award" from Caregiving Years Training Academy.