Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Part LIX: More on Promoting Wellness

Decreasing the physician workload by promoting processes that produce greater efficiency, including the use of teams and delegating certain jobs to nurses, advanced practice providers, and scribes, is very helpful to reduce burnout and promote wellness. The team approach and enlightened leadership at all levels are important to maximize productivity, have common goals doing meaningful work, and have more control over the environment at work, all of which also results in less burnout and greater wellness.