As reported by ICD10monitor, the World Health Organization (WHO) has classified physician burnout as an occupational phenomenon, while noting that it is not a medical diagnosis.
There are some estimates that more than half of physicians have experienced burnout. But what do coders and clinical documentation integrity specialists (CDISs) need to know about burnout among their physicians?
Reporting our lead story during this edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays will be Megan Cortazzo, MD, Medical Director for Clinical Documentation Improvement and Health Information Management at UPMC and Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Joining the conversation on burnout will be nationally prominent psychiatrist H. Steven Moffic, MD.
The live broadcast will also feature these other segments: