Open AccessReducing Primary Care Provider Burnout With Pharmacist-Delivered Comprehensive Medication Management
Author(s) -
Nicole D. White
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
american journal of lifestyle medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1559-8284
pISSN - 1559-8276
DOI - 10.1177/1559827620976539
Subject(s) - medicine , pharmacist , burnout , workload , primary care , specialty , nursing , primary care physician , family medicine , work (physics) , medical prescription , medical home , pharmacy , mechanical engineering , clinical psychology , computer science , engineering , operating system
Primary care physicians have among the highest rates of burnout of any medical specialty in the United States. Team-based care is an organizational approach to meet the increasing demands on the primary care system, including the well-being of its providers. Physicians report that pharmacist-delivered comprehensive medication management improves patient care efficiency, decreases workload and provides additional work-based social support, among other benefits. Physician perspectives as well as resources for implementing physician-pharmacist collaborations are discussed.