What thanksgiving means for patients and providers?

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What thanksgiving means for patients and
providers?
Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United
States, celebrated on the fourth Thursday of
November celebrating the harvest and other
blessings of the past year. The word thanksgiving
means giving of thanks to God, especially in a
religious ceremony. Thanksgiving is that time of
year when you have to be grateful for everything
you have and celebrate the basic things friends,
health, family, and happiness.   Contributions of
Medical professionals to Society Most medical
professionals view medicine as a calling to help
others. Doctors dedicate themselves to public
service. They serve our nation by ensuring our
good health and caring for us. Doctors have
always been at the forefront of helping society.
They enter their field with a high level of
compassion along with a strong interest in human
biology, focused on providing care for the
ill. This has never been truer than in the
current Pandemic. The world has been brought to a
standstill due to the ongoing coronavirus
pandemic. However, in this outbreak, the medical
community including Nurses, Doctors, and the
medical staff are the soldiers who are fighting
this disease on the frontlines and are putting
their lives at risk to keep us safe.
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What thanksgiving means for patients and
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Burnout issue Among The Medical
Professionals During this pandemic, physician
burnout has become a real issue. A June 2020
article published in the New England Journal of
Medicine states that the primary reasons for
Physician burnout were big changes in the
healthcare system, including performance metrics
and the widespread implementation of electronic
health records (EHR), and this is not only
restricted to the older generation of physicians
but it has become clear residents, millennials
and even medical students are showing signs of
burnout.   The radical changes in the healthcare
system were supposed to make physicians more
productive and efficient, and have instead added
more stress to their lives. The scale of the
problem becomes more evident when we take into
consideration the fact that its costing the
healthcare system roughly 4.6 billion a year.
Solutions have largely focused upon the
physician, recommending exercise classes and
relaxation techniques, and social hours for
unwinding, easier access to child care, hobbies
to improve free time, and ways to boost
efficiency and maximize productivity.
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What thanksgiving means for patients and
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There is little evidence that any of these
measures have had a significant impact, as shown
by the latest meta-study of 19 controlled studies
analyzing a total of more than 1500 physicians.
This data leads to the conclusion that the
current solutions that are offered fail to
address the bigger problem a great lack of
alignment between caregivers values and the new
health care system. Using a financial ward as a
primary motivation strategy seems practical and
alluring. Surprisingly even financial incentives
havent worked to prevent or cure burnout. During
a recent survey of more than 15,000 doctors in 29
specialties (Medscape National Physician Burnout
and Suicide Report 2020), more than 50 of
doctors indicated that they would be happy to
give up at least 20,000 of their annual income
in order to reduce their work hours these
doctors included millennials, who are among the
lowest earners. A largely ignored field of
organizational psychology provides an explanation
and a roadmap for improving physician
burnout. Importance Of Thanking Medical
Professionals So, how does burnout relate to
Thanksgiving? Thanking is important throughout
the year however its very important our
gratefulness at this time of year. Its easy to
forget to say thank you.
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What thanksgiving means for patients and
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According to Harvard Medical School, the simple
gesture of expressing gratitude to someone can
make you happier and so does being the recipient
of thanks. Gratitude is acknowledging the
goodness in our lives. Gratitude is consistently
and strongly associated with greater happiness.
Gratitude assists people to feel more relish good
experiences, positive emotions, improve their
health, build strong relationships, and deal with
adversity. Thanking your physicians can do
wonders to remedy the burnout suffered by
physicians.   Hence during this season of
Thanksgiving be sure to express your gratitude
and thank your physicians, nurses, and any other
healthcare workers that you come across. This
small gesture on your part can assist prevent
burnout and help people to continue to move
onward during these unprecedented times. We
would also like to express our gratitude to all
the physicians and would like to assist them in
all their medical billing requirements in
whatever we can. This will reduce the workload on
them and in turn reduce burnout. So that
physicians can focus on the main task of curing
people without having to worry about billing
issues.