The steady rise of burnout among clinicians is a crisis affecting the health care industry. Clinicians are experiencing an overwhelming feeling of frustration in their careers and a loss of professional fulfillment because of several factors ranging from loss of autonomy to decreased efficiency. This white paper will:

• Describe clinician burnout
• Discuss the research that has been conducted to date
• Outline what Cerner is doing to help clients
• Identify other methods to help organization reduce clinician burnout