Factors affecting physician professional satisfaction and their implications for patient care, health systems, and health policy [electronic resource] / the Rand Corporation, Mark W. Friedberg [and nine others] ; American Medical Association, F. Jay Crossen, Michael Tutty ; sponsored by the American Medical Association.
Friedberg, Mark W., author.; RAND Health, issuing body.; Rand Corporation, issuing body.; American Medical Association, sponsoring body.
2013
R690 .F75 2013eb
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Title Factors affecting physician professional satisfaction and their implications for patient care, health systems, and health policy [electronic resource] / the Rand Corporation, Mark W. Friedberg [and nine others] ; American Medical Association, F. Jay Crossen, Michael Tutty ; sponsored by the American Medical Association.
Author Friedberg, Mark W., author.
ISBN 9780833082206 paperback
0833082205 paperback
9780833082213 electronic book
Published Santa Monica, CA : Rand Health, American Medical Association, [2013]
Copyright ©2013
Language English
Description 1 online resource (149 pages) : color illustrations.
Call Number R690 .F75 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 610.69
Summary One of the American Medical Association's core strategic objectives is to advance health care delivery and payment models that enable high-quality, affordable care and restore and preserve physician satisfaction. Such changes could yield a more sustainable and effective health care system with highly motivated physicians. To that end, the AMA asked RAND Health to characterize the factors that lead to physician satisfaction. RAND sought to identify high-priority determinants of professional satisfaction that can be targeted within a variety of practice types, especially as smaller and independent practices are purchased by or become affiliated with hospitals and larger delivery systems. Researchers gathered data from 30 physician practices in six states, using a combination of surveys and semistructured interviews. This report presents the results of the subsequent analysis, addressing such areas as physicians' perceptions of the quality of care, use of electronic health records, autonomy, practice leadership, and work quantity and pace. Among other things, the researchers found that physicians who perceived themselves or their practices as providing high-quality care reported better professional satisfaction. Physicians, especially those in primary care, were frustrated when demands for greater quantity of care limited the time they could spend with each patient, detracting from the quality of care in some cases. Electronic health records were a source of both promise and frustration, with major concerns about interoperability between systems and with the amount of physician time involved in data entry-- Source other than Library of Congress.
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Introduction
Background : scan of the literature on physician professional satisfaction
Methods
Conceptual model
Characteristics of the survey sample
Quality of care
Electronic health records
Autonomy and work control
Practice leadership
Collegiality, fairness, and respect
Work quantity and pace
Work content, allied health professionals, and support staff
Payment, income, and practice finances
Regulatory and professional liability concerns
Health reform
Conclusions.

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