Article

How Huma technology can reduce burnout on virtual wards

November 9, 2022
Article

How Huma technology can reduce burnout on virtual wards

November 9, 2022

This is some text inside of a div block.
mins read
Speaker shot.

Speaker shot.

Speaker shot.

Feelings of failure, helplessness, detachment, loss of motivation, and feeling unable to cope are all symptoms of burnout. While this phenomenon is experienced by workers the world over, it becomes increasingly worrisome when it can impact other people’s health outcomes.

The National Training Survey found that “the risk of [physician] burnout is now at its worst since it was first tracked in 2018.” An alarming 44% of physicians felt “exhausted in the morning at the thought of another day at work.” Another study found that “40% of physicians report at least one symptom of burnout”. They also noted that physicians are at an increased risk of burnout relative to people in other fields. Worrying findings when nations around the world, including the UK, are facing “crippling shortages” of doctors.

Expectations are high when you hold people’s lives in your hands, so it is little wonder that physicians report emotional exhaustion and feeling overextended. When faced with burnout, many often have to deal with increasing depersonalization and a reduced sense of personal accomplishment as well; leading to poor work-life balance and career dissatisfaction. The choice to become a healthcare provider is a very personal one, often made for altruistic reasons. But stresses from the pandemic and staffing shortages have caused a three-fold increase in career choice regret and a corresponding increase in turnover for physicians.

A study from the British Medical Journal found that burnout is associated with a four-fold decrease in job satisfaction and feeling of personal accomplishment. Those feeling weighed down by their jobs also showed a decrease in professionalism, and reports of patient satisfaction declined. The study also found that physicians feeling burned out are also less productive.

Perhaps the most worrying finding from the study was the risk to patient safety. The authors found that physicians feeling burned out were twice as likely to make mistakes. These real-world impacts can lead to life-threatening consequences now and in the future, as more physicians might be tempted to leave their job if things don’t change.

“The risk of [physician] burnout is now at its worst since it was first tracked in 2018.”

- NATIONAL TRAINING SURVEY

Combating burnout with digital health tools to increase patient safety by decreasing stress on providers

Huma’s “hospital at home” technology is relieving pressure on overworked physicians by making it easier to support remote patient monitoring. Our hospital at home platform can help reduce stress and pressure on overwhelmed providers by giving them the ability to monitor patients remotely, enabling better access to care for patients and increasing clinicians’ efficiency and productivity. Keeping patients at home for as long as possible or discharging them from hospital early allows them all the comforts of home, while still giving the providers access to critical vital signs and patient information.

Research has shown the hospital at home platform can almost double clinical capacity and reduce readmission rates by >30%. Our flexible platform allows physicians to configure the app based on each patient’s needs, delivering targeted education and empowering patients to better track and manage their health. By giving providers real-time access to the data, care teams can have direct communication with patients at home and set custom thresholds to alert them when a patient needs prioritizing.

We look beyond technological expertise to include important input from those who know and understand the needs of patients best, their care providers. Healthcare is a team effort – when patients enter the hospital, they have a team of nurses, physicians, and administrative staff around them to ensure their health and safety. Our digital technology uses a similar integrative approach, bringing in not only health expertise but also user design and experience knowledge to make a platform that is easy to use, pleasant to engage with, and effective. Huma already supports over 3,000 hospitals and clinics through our secure platform. Because we designed the platform with the patient in mind, we are able to maintain high engagement rates, with 90-95% adherence and retention rates across care and research1, offering a new care option that is beneficial for both patients and providers.

Interested in Huma? Let’s talk!

This field is required
Email must be formatted correctly
This field is required
This field is required
This field is required

Huma is committed to respecting your privacy, we’ll always treat your personal details with the utmost care and will never sell them to other companies for marketing purposes. You can unsubscribe at any time. Review our Privacy Policy for further information.

Keep up to date on our current work and research with the latest marketing updates from Huma, including monthly news, events and communications on products and services.

By clicking submit below, you consent to allow Huma to store and process the personal information submitted above to provide you the content requested.

One of our team members will be in touch with you shortly.
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.

This field is required
This field is required
This field is required
This field is required
Thank you for your request.
You will receive an email from us shortly containing the file. Please check your inbox (and promotions tab or spam folder, if necessary) for the email.
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form

Email must be formatted correctly
This field is required
This field is required
This field is required
This field is required
This field is required
Country/Region*
This field is required
I'm interested in

Huma is committed to respecting your privacy, and we’ll only use your personal details to provide information you have selected you’re interested in. Review our Privacy Policy for further information.

We’d love to send you our monthly newsletter about our latest work, research and events by email. We’ll always treat your personal details with the utmost care and will never sell them to other companies for marketing purposes.

You’re in control. You can, of course, withdraw your consent at any time. Review our Privacy Policy for further information.

One of our team members will be in touch with you shortly.
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.

Making an impact

3000+

3000+ hospitals and clinics supported across Huma platforms to secure the most sustainable impact for patients1

×2

Our platform can almost double clinical capacity and reduce readmission rates by >30%3

27m+

Huma's digital-first health platforms support a network of 27m patients1

1m+

Over 1 million devices have been shipped in support of our projects and we know what it takes to deploy at scale1

Winner of the 2022 Prix Galien award for digital health, widely regarded as 'pharma's Nobel prize'4

Selected as one of 'The Most Important Healthcare Design of 2021' by Fast Company5

Winner of the 2022 Prix Galien award for digital health, widely regarded as 'pharma's Nobel prize'4

Winner of the 2022 Prix Galien award for digital health, widely regarded as 'pharma's Nobel prize'4

Sources:

Article

How Huma technology can reduce burnout on virtual wards

November 9, 2022
Article

How Huma technology can reduce burnout on virtual wards

November 9, 2022

Huma joins digital pioneers to advance health equity in care and research

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Dan Vahdat, is returning to the annual World Economic Forum’s main conference where he will join a panel discussion devoted to improving care for non-communicable disease and tackling health equity. Accompanied by Chief Financial and Strategy Officer, Ingeborg Oie, Dan is looking forward to connecting with other attendees to explore how Huma’s digital health platform can make healthcare more equitable, and advances proactive, predictive care.

Huma joins digital pioneers to advance health equity in care and research

Date:Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Time:4:15 - 5:15 p.m. CET
Location:Ice Village, Eisbahnstrasse 5, Davos, Switzerland
Dan will join the Digital Health Action Alliance panel at Davos to discuss Turning the Tide in Non-Communicable Disease Care Through Digital Health and Community Connection. Huma has a long history of advancing the care of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes and lung conditions. Huma’s innovative remote patient monitoring platform enables broad patient recruitment, reduces reliance on in-person clinic visits and increases health system efficiency.
*This session is open to registered Annual Meeting 2023 participants and Affiliate badge holders.

Huma is one of the first to sign the Zero Health Gaps Pledge

Huma is one of the first signatories to the Zero Health Gaps Pledge, the World Economic Forum’s Global Health Equity Network’s (GHEN) initiative. Huma supports GHEN’s ambition to build a future without disparities in health or wellbeing outcomes. Huma’s digital platform has been built on a deep clinical knowledge of complex patient needs and how people engage with technology and we are committed to ensuring our technology promotes health equity. We are proud to work with governments, hospital groups, universities, life science and technology companies to bring greater scale and impact and help all people live longer, fuller lives.

Huma at World Economic Forum

Global Innovators and Tech Pioneers
Dec 2022: Huma selected to join 100 innovative companies on a two-year journey as part of the World Economic Forum’s initiatives, activities and events, bringing their cutting-edge insight and fresh thinking to critical global discussions.
Learn more
Working Together, Restoring Trust
May 2022: With the aim to address economic, environmental, political, and social fault-lines exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Dan Vahdat speaks at WEF annual meeting about the importance of scientific collaboration.
Learn more
Accelerating innovation and breaking new ground
October 2022: Dan joined the WEF Biotech Future Forum 2022 to discuss how start-ups are breaking new ground in biotech and changing the way we interact with the world, but also how the sector can earn trust, scale successfully and spot the brightest innovations.
Learn more
Making connections at Davos
Jan 2019: Dan attended WEF as an unofficial attendee and spoke to CNBC about the importance of meeting in-person to make connections.
Learn more

Related Articles

See more
Article
AI is in our DNA
Explore how Huma has been developing AI to revolutionise healthcare, and request a meeting with us to find out more.
Learn more
Article
“It’s really gold dust” Why Huma is a big step forward for knee surgery
Discover how Huma is providing Smith+Nephew with real world evidence for robotic knee replacement surgery.
Learn more

Related Blogs

See more
Blog
Feeling depressed linked to short-term increase in bodyweight, study finds
Learn more
Blog
How Huma is transforming Health
Tim Broke-Smith, Huma's Vice President, Global Pharma Partnerships, considers how cutting edge technology can transform healthcare.
Learn more

Related Ebooks

See more
Ebook
Welcome to next-generation digital-first care and research
Deliver more personalised digital-first care and research with the first disease agnostic enterprise platform to achieve EU MDR Class IIb certification1.
Learn more
Ebook
What does FDA 510(k) Class II mean for Huma and our partners
Deliver more personalised digital-first care and research with our enterprise platform which now has FDA 510 (K) Class II clearance for any physician-specified condition.
Learn more

Related White Papers

See more
White Paper
Navigating the DCT transition
Learn how remote trial technology is changing the clinical trial landscape and key considerations when including DCT components in your study protocols.
Learn more
Article

How Huma technology can reduce burnout on virtual wards

November 9, 2022
Media contact
A headshot of Karen Birmingham PhD
Karen Birmingham PhD
Head of PR & Communications
karen.birmingham@huma.com
Article

How Huma technology can reduce burnout on virtual wards

November 9, 2022
Media contact
A headshot of Karen Birmingham PhD
Karen Birmingham PhD
Head of PR & Communications
karen.birmingham@huma.com

Feelings of failure, helplessness, detachment, loss of motivation, and feeling unable to cope are all symptoms of burnout. While this phenomenon is experienced by workers the world over, it becomes increasingly worrisome when it can impact other people’s health outcomes.

The National Training Survey found that “the risk of [physician] burnout is now at its worst since it was first tracked in 2018.” An alarming 44% of physicians felt “exhausted in the morning at the thought of another day at work.” Another study found that “40% of physicians report at least one symptom of burnout”. They also noted that physicians are at an increased risk of burnout relative to people in other fields. Worrying findings when nations around the world, including the UK, are facing “crippling shortages” of doctors.

Expectations are high when you hold people’s lives in your hands, so it is little wonder that physicians report emotional exhaustion and feeling overextended. When faced with burnout, many often have to deal with increasing depersonalization and a reduced sense of personal accomplishment as well; leading to poor work-life balance and career dissatisfaction. The choice to become a healthcare provider is a very personal one, often made for altruistic reasons. But stresses from the pandemic and staffing shortages have caused a three-fold increase in career choice regret and a corresponding increase in turnover for physicians.

A study from the British Medical Journal found that burnout is associated with a four-fold decrease in job satisfaction and feeling of personal accomplishment. Those feeling weighed down by their jobs also showed a decrease in professionalism, and reports of patient satisfaction declined. The study also found that physicians feeling burned out are also less productive.

Perhaps the most worrying finding from the study was the risk to patient safety. The authors found that physicians feeling burned out were twice as likely to make mistakes. These real-world impacts can lead to life-threatening consequences now and in the future, as more physicians might be tempted to leave their job if things don’t change.

asdasd

asda

asdsads

asda

asdsad

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor
Download
Share this
COMPANY

About Huma

Huma began its journey in 2011, when the company was founded in London. Since then, Huma has grown to become a global healthcare company, spanning across multiple geographies and operating across four continents.

Learn more