by Jenna Ogilvie | Aug 26, 2019 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Background Clinician burnout has become a pervasive issue [1] for U.S. clinicians, students, and trainees. Burnout, a syndrome characterized by a high degree of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, and a low sense of personal accomplishment from...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Aug 26, 2019 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Background Clinician burnout has become a pervasive issue [1] for U.S. clinicians, students, and trainees. Burnout, a syndrome characterized by a high degree of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, and a low sense of personal accomplishment...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Aug 15, 2019 | News
Evidence-based medicine arose from a clear need and represents a major advance in the science of clinical decision-making. Despite broad acceptance of evidence-based medicine, however, a fundamental issue remains unresolved: evidence is derived from groups of people,...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Aug 12, 2019 | Commentary, Perspectives
Introduction Perhaps there is no larger gap in health care between two professionals trying to help the same sick person heal than the one that exists between the physician/clinician and the chaplain/member of the clergy. The gap does not usually result from...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Jul 1, 2019 | Commentary, Perspectives
An Evolving Global Age Distribution and New Implications for Social Cognition and Interpersonal Trust In the years to come, there will be a significant global increase in the number of older adult persons. Some projections indicate that by 2030, there will be a...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Jul 1, 2019 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has prioritized the use of clinical and administrative health care data as a core utility for a continuously learning health system (The “Learning Health System” is a system in which science, informatics, incentives, and...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Jun 10, 2019 | Commentary, Perspectives
Obesity, overweight, and associated chronic diseases continue to be major threats to the health of individuals and the greater population. There is now more evidence than ever that connects obesity and related diseases with downstream effects such as reduced...
by Jenna Ogilvie | May 30, 2019 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
ABSTRACT | Individual, institutional, and societal risk factors for the development of burnout can differ for women and men physicians. While some studies on physician burnout report an increased prevalence among women, this finding may be due to actual...
by Jenna Ogilvie | May 16, 2019 | News
The changes in brain structure and connectivity that occur between the ages of 10 and 25 present adolescents with unique opportunities for positive, life-shaping development, and for recovering from past adversity, says a new report from the National Academies of...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 29, 2019 | Commentary, Perspectives
Every day in the United States, health professionals confront the effects of firearm injury. In emergency rooms, trauma centers, ambulatory offices, and acute care and rehabilitation facilities, health professionals and the health systems they work within...
