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Year:: 2023
Contributor:: Bacchin, Giorgio (Creator); Malek, Matthew (Creator)
Subject:: mental health; burnout; healthcare system; primary care providers; behavioral health prescribers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26300/h8d3-jb63

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Abstract:: Background: Burnout is a concern in the healthcare world, especially among physicians and behavioral health (BH) prescribers15. Burnout presents in many different ways, such as feeling overwhelmed, low job satisfaction, and poor patient outcomes11. Two groups are of particular interest: BH prescribers and primary care providers (PCP). We will be exploring these two groups at Thundermist, a large FQHC in Rhode Island. Not many studies have not compared burnout levels between BH prescribers and PCP directly4. Methods: Participants included BH prescribers (N = 7) and PCP (N = 78) who answered an annual wellness survey, which includes: mini-Z burnout assessment, questions regarding intention to leave practice within two years, community, and teamwork. The mini-z assessment scores were compared to national comparator groups from the respective specialties. We are looking at a 2022 survey as that is the year BH prescriber’s category was created for Thundermist. Specific questions were chosen to determine burnout level felt by the BH prescribers and PCP at Thundermist. We dichotomized the following questions: work stress, job satisfaction, intention to leave, community, belongingness to assess the level of burnout among BH prescribers and PCP. Results: All of the data has been collected and analysis is completed. Results indicate that BH prescribers show more signs of burnout, higher stress, less job satisfaction, higher intent of leaving, and a lower sense of community and belongingness. Conclusion/Discussion: We can conclude that Thundermist BH prescribers experience more burnout, stress, job dissatisfaction, and intent to leave practice than PCP. This difference is not mirrored in the national sample. There are two interventions to consider, organizational interventions and leadership interventions, to help reduce burnout. One example of organizational intervention could be improving electronic health records management, while an example of leadership intervention could be ARC (Availability, Responsiveness, Continuity) organizational intervention which have been shown to be effective4.

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Bacchin, Giorgio, and Malek, Matthew, "Comparing Burnout Between Behavioral Health Prescribers and Primary Care Providers at a Federally Qualified Health Center" (2023). Gateways to Medicine, Health Care, and Research. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.26300/h8d3-jb63

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Comparing Burnout Between Behavioral Health Prescribers and Primary Care Providers at a Federally Qualified Health Center