Stanford’s WellMD Center blazes a trail to promote joy in medicine, combat burnout

Physician burnout has become a topic of interest in the medical community in recent years, with the level of urgency increasing on what seems like a weekly basis.
In a recent paper, experts at Harvard and the Massachusetts Medical Society declared physician burnout a public health crisis, and institutions across the country are appointing Chief Wellness Officers to strategize and implement plans to combat this growing problem. Stanford, however, with the launch of their WellMD Center in 2017, seems ahead of the curve.
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