Recognizing perfectionism, praising accomplishments reduces charting stress

The keys to reducing stress associated with charting is recognizing maladaptive perfectionism, focusing on accomplishments and ‘only handling it once,’ according to a speaker at the Ending Physician Burnout Global Summit.
“I don’t think I have to tell you all of the impact of the electronic health record and what a large contributor the EMR is in the epidemic of burnout,” Gail Gazelle, MD, MCC, founding member of the Harvard Institute of Coaching, said. “What I find as a coach is that many physicians expend a lot of energy on (Read more...)

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