Clinician Wellness · For Healthcare Organizations

Measure Burnout. Fix the System. Keep Your People.

We partner with healthcare organizations to diagnose burnout drivers and implement workflow and culture improvements — built for measurable results and AMA Joy in Medicine recognition.

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The Cost of Inaction

5 reasons hospitals can't afford to ignore wellbeing

Physician burnout isn't a personal failing — it's a system problem with costs you can measure. Here's what's at stake when organizations wait.

Ethical

We know the problem. Ethically, we must address it.

Physician burnout is no longer a private struggle — it's a documented public-health crisis. Healthcare leaders have a duty to act.

The current national average for physician burnout is 45%.
Tragic

Healthcare workers have the highest suicidality of any profession.

300 / year

Behind the statistic are colleagues, mentors, and friends. Every organization has a role to play in reversing this.

300 physicians die by suicide each year.
Recognition

Strong wellbeing programs attract and retain top talent.

Physicians increasingly choose where to work based on culture. Recognized wellbeing programs become a recruiting advantage.

AMA-recognized hospitals report higher staff satisfaction and retention.
Financial

Burnout and turnover cost hospitals millions annually.

$500K to $1.3M

Every departed physician triggers recruitment, locum, and onboarding costs — plus lost productivity and patient continuity.

Replacing a single physician costs $500,000 to $1.3 million.
Moral

Burned-out physicians are over 2× more likely to make errors.

Clinician wellbeing and patient safety are inseparable. When clinicians suffer, patients suffer too.

Burnout reduces patient satisfaction and safety outcomes.
Wellbeing Service Packages

Three ways to partner — matched to where you are

From a first-time burnout assessment to a full executive partnership, each package is built to produce measurable change.

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Starter Package
4 Months

Identify burnout drivers. Deliver a prioritized action plan.

For: Healthcare organizations that haven't formally measured burnout yet and need a clear diagnosis and starting plan.
Includes
  • Burnout & wellbeing baseline assessment (quant + qual)
  • Executive readout: key drivers, risks, quick wins
  • 90-day action plan (owners, timeline, metrics)
  • Staff session: burnout fundamentals + practical skills
Results
  • Clear diagnosis of what's driving burnout and turnover
  • Ready-to-execute plan within 90 days
  • Baseline metrics for tracking improvement
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Enterprise & AMA Recognition
Ongoing Retainer

Executive-level leadership to drive system-wide change and achieve or advance AMA Joy in Medicine recognition.

For: Healthcare organizations committed to enterprise-wide execution — with the leadership capacity to sustain change and pursue (or advance) AMA Joy in Medicine recognition.
Includes
  • Comprehensive audit + multi-year executive roadmap
  • Remote Chief Medical & Wellness Officer oversight
  • Board and senior leadership alignment + accountability cadence
  • Cross-department execution support
  • AMA Joy in Medicine strategy: evidence, application, advancement
  • Communications/storytelling to sustain adoption
Results
  • Employer-of-choice positioning and stronger reputation
  • Measurable ROI: lower burnout, lower turnover costs, higher efficiency
  • Achieves or advances AMA Joy in Medicine recognition
Measured Results · 2021 → 2025

A 5-year partnership. System-wide change you can measure.

Here's what Ridgecrest Regional Hospital achieved under Dr. Chaabo's wellbeing leadership — validated by the AMA Organizational Biopsy® across five consecutive assessments.

97.2%
of physicians satisfied with their job
▲ 19.4 points since 2021
77.8% in 2021 → 97.2% in 2025. vs. 76.5% national average.
5.4%
experiencing symptoms of burnout
▼ 44.6 points since 2021
50.0% in 2021 → 5.4% in 2025. Nearly 9× lower than the 43.2% national average.
4 of 10
measures cross the Joy Target in 2025
Zero measures above 4.0 in 2021
Job Satisfaction, Burnout, Values Aligned with Leaders, and Care Team Efficiency all now score above the AMA Joy Target (4.0/5).

Scores by Question — Ridgecrest Regional Hospital

A higher score reflects a more joyful workplace (scale 1–5). All 10 measures at Ridgecrest exceeded the national physician comparison in 2025.

RRH 2021
RRH 2022
RRH 2023
RRH 2024
RRH 2025
National
Joy Target (4.0)
Job Satisfaction
2021
3.9
2022
3.6
2023
3.9
2024
4.4
2025
4.5
Nat'l
3.9
Less Symptoms of Burnout
2021
3.6
2022
3.2
2023
3.7
2024
4.2
2025
4.3
Nat'l
3.6
Values Aligned with Leaders
2021
3.7
2022
3.4
2023
3.8
2024
4.2
2025
4.4
Nat'l
3.8
Good Care Team Efficiency
2021
3.5
2022
3.6
2023
3.6
2024
4.2
2025
4.3
Nat'l
3.8
Good Workload Control
2021
2.9
2022
2.7
2023
3.3
2024
3.6
2025
4.0
Nat'l
3.2
Less Job Stress
2021
3.1
2022
2.4
2023
3.2
2024
3.4
2025
3.4
Nat'l
2.8
Good Documentation Time
2021
2.3
2022
2.7
2023
2.9
2024
3.1
2025
3.4
Nat'l
2.7
Less Time Outside Work
2021
2.5
2022
3.0
2023
3.1
2024
3.3
2025
3.3
Nat'l
3.0
Manageable EHR Stress
2021
2.0
2022
2.1
2023
2.4
2024
2.0
2025
2.6
Nat'l
2.6
Calm Work Atmosphere
2021
2.8
2022
2.5
2023
2.8
2024
2.9
2025
3.0
Nat'l
2.6
Scale 0 — 5 Source: AMA Organizational Biopsy® · © 2025 American Medical Association
Meet Dr. Hani Chaabo

Recognized by the AMA for leadership in organizational wellbeing

Dr. Chaabo is a physician leader who has spent years designing and implementing wellbeing programs that work — not just on paper, but in the daily experience of clinicians on the floor.

  • AMA-recognized for leadership in organizational wellbeing
  • Chief Clinical & Wellness Officer at El Dorado Community Health Center (current role)
  • Core faculty, AAFP Leading Physician Well-Being Program
  • Guided Ridgecrest Regional Hospital to AMA Joy in Medicine recognition for four consecutive years
  • Triple board-certified in Family Medicine, Integrative Medicine, and Addiction Medicine
  • National leader recognition from the American Academy of Family Physicians
Featured by the American Medical Association

A roadmap for restoring joy in medicine

Listen to Dr. Hani Chaabo discuss the Wellbeing 2.0 framework and how healthcare organizations can move from burnout awareness to systemic change.

Wellbeing 2.0 — a framework for healthcare organizations that want to do more than talk about burnout.

Independent consultant disclosure: Dr. Hani Chaabo is an independent consultant and is not employed by or formally affiliated with the American Medical Association (AMA). References to AMA programs reflect consulting experience with organizations that have engaged with those programs and do not imply AMA endorsement or sponsorship.

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