A new poll from the Medical Group Management Association indicates that more than 70 percent of the doctors surveyed say they feel a degree of burn out at their jobs. This has potential ramifications for both doctors and patients as burnt-out doctors are more likely to leave their practices, reducing access to care for their patients. But Chris Smedley, Vice President for Physician Enterprise at Premier, Inc., offers five reasons how increasing partnerships and collaborations with health systems, through alignment or an ownership model, can help reduce this epidemic.
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