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President’s Message (continued)
need to add this to our discussion about physician wellness. Phy- sicians are burning out because of moral injury, not because we aren’t resilient. The moral injury we all suffer to some degree is our inability to provide high quality care in the context of our cur- rent healthcare system. It’s the inability to establish reliable fol- low up or ancillary services such as physical therapy for patients without insurance. It’s the inability to connect with patients while our noses are buried in the EMR or because the appointment slot is only 15 minutes to ensure we bring in enough money to keep the lights on as reimbursements plummet. It’s the inability to prescribe appropriate medications due to their cost. It’s the in- ability to order tests/imaging/procedures because the insurance company has placed so many hurdles in our way. It’s the inability to provide appropriate care because legislators have crafted bills to restrict how we practice medicine. We are all at risk of suf- fering moral injury in this environment, and we need to support both clinical and policy-based efforts to identify, prevent, and in- tervene on moral injury to help maintain a healthy system that is able to meet the needs of both our patients as well as our physi- cians.
References available upon request.
See page 21 for an excerpt from one of the available references.
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