Clay LinkousCo-founder, Linkous Solutions · International Speaker, Executive Coach, and Facilitator / Champion of Physicians, Leadership, the Human Experience, SDOH, Vulnerable Populations, & Neurodiversity.

If you are averaging your physician burnout data, you are missing the crisis entirely.

18 May 2026 · 1 min

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Emergency medicine, urology, and hematology/oncology have burnout rates near 50%, even as the overall physician burnout rate declines. Averaging the data masks these specialty crises, and system-wide wellness programs won't fix specialty-specific workflow problems.

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Latest American Medical Association data suggests that while overall physician burnout is actually starting to decline, the gaps actually between the specialties remain pretty stark. You know, high-volume and high-stress specialties like emergency medicine, urological surgery, hematology and oncology are still facing burnout rates hovering near 50%. And so as healthcare leaders, this is our opportunity to remind ourselves that burnout is not this macro metric to be averaged out and at system-wide wellness strategy is going to fail to really address the unique workflow bottlenecks of specific specialties. So I hope you find this helpful as you're working on this today.