Table 1.

Potential risk factors that may contribute to burnout and various physician and organization-directed interventions to overcome burnout (27, 43, 46–51).

Risk factors that may contribute to physician burnout

Interventions to overcome burnout

● Excessive workload  ● Long work hours, high number of night calls/ overnight shifts  ● Imbalance between job demands and skills  ● Loss of professional autonomy  ● Having made a recent medical error or concern about making a medical error  ● Being midway through professional career  ● Less than 20 percent of a physician’s time is spent on the most meaningful aspects of work  ● Suboptimal financial compensation  ● Physicians whose spouse/ partner are also a physician  ● Work-home conflict  ● Lack of adequate EMR and PACS support  ● Lack of appreciation and recognition for one’s work  ● Lack of input and involvement in the decision making process  ● Poor communication from leadership  ● Isolation of radiologists from other health care professionals

A) Physician-Directed Interventions  ● Restoring physical balance, emotional/ spiritual balance, relationships balance, work-time off balances  ● Mindfulness  ● Cognitive behavioral therapies  ● Provide and encourage seeking professional help from mental health services  ● Educational strategies for improving physicians’ self-confidence and communication skills  ● Facilitated and non-facilitated small group sessions B) Organization-Directed Interventions  ● Open Communication and Transparency from Leadership  ● Measure and Address Wellness Routinely as an Organization  ● Provide Workflow Autonomy  ● Encourage and Maintain Strong Leadership Style and Mentorship Opportunities  ● EMR and PACS support  ● Create a Healthy and Collegial Work Environment (team huddles)  ● Organizational Wellness Committee  ● Wellness and Burnout Resources provided by Organization