Physician Burnout in Radiology: Perspectives From the Field

Abstract

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Incidence and factors associated with burnout in radiologists: A systematic review

“…To address burnout in the radiology department, we recommend following Chetlen et al overview on the various physician-directed and organization-directed interventions, highlighting the shared responsibility of healthcare organizations and individual physicians [27] . In addition, Canon et al provide various perspectives on the implications and strategies to mitigate physician burnout in radiology [23] . As we learned from the pandemic, teleradiology is positioned favorably among radiologists, with 64.8% reporting decreased stress levels and 64% decreased workroom interruptions [81] .…”

“…Emerging literature highlights burnout amongst radiologists, from trainees to department chairs [20] , [21] , [22] . It was reported that 54–72% of diagnostic and interventional radiologists exhibit burnout symptoms [23] . In the world of declining Medicare reimbursement [24] , radiologists are under more pressure to maintain a high level of accuracy while dealing with a substantially higher number of cases.…”

“…Understanding and addressing burnout amongst radiologists is a recent subject of interest [23] , [27] , [31] . Therefore, we performed a systematic review to provide an overview of studies reporting the prevalence of burnout in physicians in the radiology department and the factors associated with burnout among radiologists.…”

Automated Brain Metastases Segmentation With a Deep Dive Into False-positive Detection

“…Traditionally, brain metastases are detected manually by a radiologist, and contoured by a radiation oncologist using radiation therapy planning software. 7 , 8 However, reports exist of missed small and even large brain metastases in clinical practice during the planning of Gamma Knife radiosurgery because of varied human factors. 9 , 10 Automating metastasis detection could be used as a tool to support clinicians in image evaluation.…”

Strategies for Well-Being in Interventional Radiology

“…The result is chronically de-incentivizing sick and personal days, which perpetuates a cycle of holistically overworked, burned out interventional radiology departments. 14…”