• Bias, Burnout, Race: What Physicians Told Us About the Issues This year's Medscape Lifestyle Report included responses to questions on physicians' race or ethnicity and whether these relate to burnout, bias, and health.
• Provider Burnout Tied to Lower Levels of Patient Safety, Care There is a consistent relationship between higher levels of provider burnout and lower levels of patient safety and quality of care.
• Physicians' Political Affiliations May Affect Patient Care A physician's political views may affect care around issues such as abortion and marijuana use, and how they address questions about firearms, a survey suggests.
• Racially Biased Cancer Doctors Spend Less Time With Black Patients Racial bias on the part of a doctor can lead to poor communication and medical treatment for black cancer patients, a U.S. study suggests.
• 'People First' -- Ending Weight Bias in Diabetes Care Body weight prejudice can impair the management and outcomes of diabetes.
• Does Combatting Physician Burnout Improve Patient Care as Well? Dr Kenny Lin moves beyond the headlines to share the latest data on the link between burnout and patient outcomes.
• Beating Burnout: Are EHRs the Enemy? Why do physicians hate EHRs and how are they contributing to burnout?
• Beating Burnout: How Doctors Can Regain Control In their efforts to prevent and deal with burnout, physicians would do well to look at re-engineering their workflow, says an MD and expert on dealing with burnout.

• Total respondents: 14,686 US physicians across 25+ specialty areas.
• Fieldwork conducted by Medscape from September to November 2016.
• Data collected via third-party online survey collection site.

For our 2017 Physician Lifestyle Report, more than 14,000 US physicians answered questions about their biases, burnout, happiness at home and at work, and aspects of their lifestyle outside of the office. Our report provides insights into all of this and also considers how ethnicity and gender affect these factors.

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