For the first time in more than 4 years, the rate of physician burnout has fallen below 50%, according to findings from the American Medical Association's AMA Organizational Biopsy®. This initiative garnered more than 12,000 physician responses from 31 states and 81 health systems and organizations throughout 2023 to comprise this comprehensive physician comparison report.

Detailing trends across six performance metrics of "job satisfaction, job stress, burnout, intent to leave an organization, feeling valued by an organization and total hours spent per week on work-related activities", findings showed that during 2023, 48.2% of physicians reported at least one burnout symptom; this is down from 53% in 2022.

According to the AMA website, the aggregated data, which is exclusive to the AMA, serves "...to provide a national summary of organizational well-being and to serve as a comparison for other health care organizations. The results may be limited by the health systems that chose to participate."

Click here to learn more about the AMA's report.