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Information overload in a healthcare setting refers to when there’s too much data, either written, verbal and nonverbal, for the clinician to organize, synthesize, properly draw conclusions, or act on one. Excessive information on a patient’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) can often contribute to information overload, often called “Note [...]
Burnout and compassion fatigue are increasingly recognized in the healthcare world—but what do these terms really mean, and how do they differ? In this article, we hope to shed light on the differences between the two terms and how they interact with each other. What is burnout? “A [...]
Joymed Episode 8: Walking Together: Leadership, Resilience, and Community in the Face of Parkinson’s
In this episode of the JoyMed Podcast Melina Davis is joined by John Poma from TPMG to discuss the story of his Parkinson’s diagnosis and the work he is doing to find a cure and to build community in Richmond. Listen on Apple | Listen on Spotify
via AP News SafeHaven and Marvin Behavioral Health are partnering to provide confidential, high-quality mental health care for healthcare workers across the country. RICHMOND, VA, UNITED STATES, July 17, 2025 / EINPresswire.com / -- SafeHaven, a leading advocate for clinician well-being, has announced a national partnership with Marvin Behavioral Health to provide [...]
Moral Injury: What is it? Moral Injury has been studied in soldiers and military personnel, but it’s only since COVID-19 that research had started to include healthcare professionals. Because of its recent emergence in healthcare, moral injury remains ill-defined in healthcare context. Despite the differences of definition, moral injury [...]
Emotional Exhaustion – What is it? Emotional exhaustion is the result of prolonged fatigue due to being emotionally, physically, and cognitively strained due to work conditions. Research shows that emotional exhaustion had been on the rise pre-covid, with covid only exacerbating the issue. Emotional exhaustion is also a key [...]
In this episode of the JoyMed Podcast, Melina is joined by Joel Bundy, MD, President of the Medical Society of Virginia and Chief Medical and Quality Officer, Sentara Health, to discuss: Common challenges faced by medical administrators The role organizations play in healthcare professional well-being The role healthcare administrators [...]
Creating a stress management plan is a great way to be proactive when dealing with stress not only in your career but in life. Stress is a part of your job in healthcare with heavy workloads, long shifts, a lack of resources, and exposure to suffering and death, it’s normal [...]
via ACS As the healthcare landscape in the US becomes increasingly corporatized,1 bureaucracy is growing, and budgetary control and the locus of healthcare decision-making are moving farther away for the individual clinical practitioner. For most of the latter half of the 20th century, healthcare decision-making, specifically decisions about direction, mission, and [...]
