Us Doctors Are Turning To Mindfulness To Help Heal Healthcare
Today, record levels of medical professionals report symptoms of burnout and emotional exhaustion—up to 78 percent of physicians, according to a 2018 survey. At the beginning of this year, the Harvard School of Public Health along with other eminent health organizations declared physician burnout a “public health crisis.” It’s time to heal the healers. Starting on Thursday, Mindful has partnered with The Awake Network to create the Mindful Healthcare Summit, a free online event to look at how mindfulness and compassion practices can be applied to relieve caregiver burnout and improve patient care....