Article ; Online: Why Do Physicians Depart Their Practice? A Qualitative Study of Attrition in a Multispecialty Ambulatory Practice Network.
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM
2024 Volume 36, Issue 6, Page(s) 1050–1057
Abstract: Background: Physician departure causes considerable disruption for patients, colleagues, and staff. The cost of finding a new physician to replace the loss coupled with lost productivity as they build their practice can cost as much as $1 million per ... ...
Abstract | Background: Physician departure causes considerable disruption for patients, colleagues, and staff. The cost of finding a new physician to replace the loss coupled with lost productivity as they build their practice can cost as much as $1 million per departure. Therefore, we sought to characterize drivers of departure from practice with the goal of informing retention efforts (with a special emphasis on the connection between electronic health record (EHR)-related stress and physician departure). Methods: This qualitative study of semistructured interviews was conducted between October 2021 and April 2022 among 13 attending physicians who had voluntarily departed their position from 2018 to 2021 in a large multispecialty, productivity-based, ambulatory practice network in the Northeast with a 5% annual turnover rate to understand their reasons for departing practice. Results: Among the 13 participants, 8 were women (61.5%), 3 retired (23.1%), and 6 (46.2%) left for new positions. Major domains surrounding the decision to depart included current features of the health care delivery landscape, leadership/local practice culture, and personal considerations. Major factors within these domains included the EHR, compensation model, emphasis on metrics, leadership support, teamwork/staffing, burnout, and work-life integration. Conclusions: Opportunities for medical practices to prevent ambulatory physicians' turnover include: (1) addressing workflow by distributing responsibility across team members to better address patient expectations and documentation requirements, (2) ensuring adequate staffing across disciplines and roles, and (3) considering alternative care or payment models. |
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MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Female ; Male ; Physicians ; Delivery of Health Care ; Burnout, Professional/prevention & control ; Workforce ; Qualitative Research ; Electronic Health Records |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2024-01-05 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
ZDB-ID | 2239939-2 |
ISSN | 1558-7118 ; 1557-2625 |
ISSN (online) | 1558-7118 |
ISSN | 1557-2625 |
DOI | 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230052R2 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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