Geneia: Physician Misery Index Increases to Nearly 4 Out of 5

HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Geneia, a healthcare analytic solutions and services company that is simplifying the evolution to value-based care, revealed its Physician Misery Index has increased to 3.94 out of 5, and in response, invited health information technology companies to join together to restore the Joy of Medicine.

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In a nationwide survey of 300 full-time physicians who have been practicing post-residency medicine for more than four years, Geneia found:

• 87 percent of surveyed physicians say they find it is increasingly harder to spend time "developing an authentic engagement with each patient."
• 80 percent say they are personally at risk for burnout at some point in their career.
• 66 percent say the challenges of practicing medicine in today's environment have caused them to consider career options outside of clinical practice, an 11 percent increase compared to Geneia's inaugural survey in January 2015.
• 89 percent say the "business and regulation of healthcare" has changed the practice of medicine for the worse.
• Despite increasing awareness of pervasiveness of physician burnout, the nationwide Physician Misery Index has increased from 3.78 to 3.94 out of 5, since the January 2015 physician survey.

"Since Geneia's inaugural Physician Misery Index, awareness of epidemic levels of physician burnout has increased dramatically," said Heather Lavoie, Geneia president. "Yet, there is much more work for all of us in healthcare to do to restore the Joy of Medicine. We're calling on all health IT companies to involve physicians in the design and implementation of health technology products and to measure physician satisfaction."

Join Geneia in Helping to Restore the Joy of Medicine

"I know from experience that which gets measured gets done," said Aurel Iuga, MD, MBA, MPH, CMQ, Geneia chief medical officer. "That's why Geneia is committed to measuring the satisfaction of physicians, surveying the physicians who use our products annually to gauge changes in sentiment and working with those doctors to remedy their pain points."

All health IT companies are invited to join Geneia in monitoring and addressing physician satisfaction and to use the company's nine-question physician survey.

For more information on the Joy of Medicine initiative and to download the physician satisfaction survey, see: http://marketing.geneia.com/2018/joy-of-medicine/.

Physicians who wish to take the survey and compare their answers to the national results are invited to visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BD32LYM.

SOURCE Geneia

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