Nearly Half of Doctors Say They May Quit Within 2 Years. New Tools Are Helping Ease Burnout

A new Doximity survey found that 85 percent of physicians use the new technology. Many say it is reducing burnout rather than threatening their jobs.

A wave of new AI tools is promising to give doctors back the one thing they have been short on for years: time.

That includes Doximity, the digital network used by more than 85 percent of U.S. physicians.

The company’s new compensation report finds that doctors

The company’s new compensation report finds that doctors are adopting the technology quickly, an outcome the network had predicted. However, something less expected also emerged: Providers say the tools are easing chronic burnout.

“For the first time in a long time, technology seems to potentially be a solve for some of these burnout issues,” Amit Phull, MD, the company’s chief medical officer, told Inc.

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The claim lands against a bleak backdrop. Doximity’s annual Physician Compensation Report draws on roughly 23,000 compensation surveys and a fresh poll of physicians conducted this summer. Most of it is grim.

In that June poll, 82 percent of doctors

In that June poll, 82 percent of doctors said they were overworked. Nearly half said they may leave clinical practice entirely within two years, and a growing share are eyeing early retirement.

Doctors are using AI in two main ways, Phull said. One is through a scribing tool that writes up visits to help physicians focus more on their patients—rather than documentation. The company says its scribe now transcribes up to 50 million minutes of care a month.

Source: www.inc.com