Modern Aesthetics® spoke with Catherine Miller, RN, JD, a Senior Risk Management & Patient Safety Specialist for the Cooperative of American Physicians, Inc. (CAP) in Los Angeles, about physician burnout, why we are seeing more of it today, and importantly what doctors can do to avoid or reverse it.

CAP members can now enroll in a new group purchasing program – the CAP Purchasing Alliance.

Dr. Peter Birnstein succeeds with care and a lifelong sense of adventure.

Becoming a physician is a not just a career choice, it is “a calling” and a lifelong commitment. Unfortunately, for many physicians, the professional rewards of status, security, and meaningful work are threatened by an avalanche of responsibility and stress characterizing today’s practice environment and further contributing to an escalating epidemic of physician stress and burnout.

Problem solving. It is what physicians do every day, whether determining the best course of treatment for patients, or finding creative ways to keep up with the barrage of regulations and requirements constantly hurled at them.