AMA STEPS Forward®

Practice innovation strategies: Physician burnout

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Physician well-being is influenced by both organizational and individual factors. The AMA STEPS Forward® program offers proven approaches on how to engage health system leadership, understanding physician burnout and how to address it, and developing a culture that supports physician well-being.

Physician burnout

Understand physician burnout and how to address it, and engage health system leadership to improve culture and well-being.

Explore the collection of physician wellness resources

  1. Playbooks: Collections of related interventions

    1. Find key steps and practical strategies for developing a culture of wellness across your organization.
  2. Toolkits: How-to guides for implementation

    1. AMA's open-access toolkits offer innovative strategies that allow physicians and their staff to address physician burnout and thrive in the health care environment.
  3. Webinars

    1. Learn from proven approaches on how to streamline workflows, boost patient satisfaction and cut down on stress.
  4. Podcasts

    1. Health care leaders share how they overcame practice challenges by implementing real-world solutions for physician burnout.
  5. Organizational cost of physician burnout calculator

    1. Calculate the cost of physician burnout for your organization.

Innovation Academy

AMA STEPS Forward® Innovation Academy provides practice resources such as webinars, mentoring, learning collaboratives, boot camps, and more.

About AMA STEPS Forward

AMA STEPS Forward presents actionable, practical toolkits and customizable resources that you can use to successfully implement meaningful and transformative change in your practice or organization. Learn more.

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