Doctors speak on the state of healthcare today

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  • Get doctors’ insights into the state of healthcare 

    • Why physicians feel so burnt out—and why it’s getting worse
    • Top demands on physicians’ time
    • How physicians really feel about AI in their practice
    • How to balance patient access with physician well-being
    • Why physicians adopting value-based care and other payment models feel more financially secure 

Annual Physician Sentiment Survey

What do America’s physicians need to thrive?

Once a year, athenahealth takes the temperature of practicing physicians, asking about their challenges and concerns in the Physician Sentiment Survey. This year’s survey reveals several approaches that could help address their concerns about value-based care, artificial intelligence (AI), interoperability, information overload, and burnout.

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Healthcare operational costs are on the rise, while reimbursement rates decline. Physicians need policy change now.
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