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NC Medical Journal: Substance Use in North Carolina

September/October 2024

AMA News Wire: Burnout on the way down, but “pajama time” stands still

August 13, 2024

Medscape Physician Burnout & Depression Report 2024: ‘We Have Much Work to Do’

January 26, 2024

I am Human

National Health Workforce Well-Being Day of Awareness

Physicians with Substance Use Disorder – Help Is Available

November 2023

Physician Burnout and Career Fatigue – Part III

September 27, 2023

29 Physician Specialties Ranked by Mental Distress

March 7, 2023

Removing the Mask: 2023 AAS Presidential Address

A Surgeon Shares Her Story of Recovery

Want to lower physician burnout by 26%? Hire a scribe, study says

February 17, 2023

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Physician Health Programs: Changing the Culture of Medicine

Second quarter 2022

How Doctors with Addiction Heal and Return to Practice

August 12, 2022

A Survey of Participants 5 Years Post Successful PHP Completion

December 26, 2021

Drug Overdose Deaths in 2020 Were Horrifying

August 31, 2021
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AA and Other 12-Step Programs for AUD

Harvard Study Finds Physician Burnout Costs Health Care Systems $4.6 Billion a Year

July 12, 2019

JAMA: Study Finds Risk of Suicide Higher in Nurses than Physicians

April 14, 2021

Addiction and COVID 19: A Conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Nora Volkow

March 29, 2021

WGHP Interviews NCPHP Medical Director, Dr. Clark Gaither, on Provider Burnout during COVID-19

March 11, 2021

‘Why Do I Put My Life on the Line?’ Pandemic Trauma Haunts Health Workers

March 15, 2021

WRAL interviews NCPHP Medical Director, Dr. Clark Gaither, on Job-Related Burnout

March 11, 2021

Podcast: Cultivating Wellness and Spiritual Practices to Prevent Burnout featuring Dr. Clark Gaither

August 5, 2020

NCPHP Organizes Support Groups for Medical Professionals Facing COVID-19 Challenges

May 15, 2020

WRAL Interview: NCPHP Medical Director Dr. Clark Gaither Discusses COVID-19 Toll on Providers

April 24, 2020

Healthcare Provider Burnout and COVID-19: A Battle on Two Fronts

April 16, 2020

Strategies to Support the Health and Well-Being of Clinicians During the COVID-19 Outbreak

April 6, 2020

Recovery Resources during COVID-19 Quarantine

March 31, 2020

Alcoholics Anonymous vs. Other Approaches: The Evidence Is Now In

March 11, 2020

Survey shows 50% of professionals coping with burnout. Watch NCPHP Medical Director, Dr. Clark Gaither, discuss job-related burnout on WRAL.

March 5, 2020

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NCPHP Team Crossed North Carolina Educating Medical Professionals

February 24, 2020

The Loss of Social Connectedness as a Major Contributor to Physician Burnout

February 19, 2020

Podcast: Understanding the Hallmarks and Causes of Job-Related Burnout

February 5, 2020

Healthcare Professionals’ Mental Health Needs: Where Can They Go?

January 29, 2020

New Research Links Hard-to-Use EHRs and Physician Burnout

Here’s How to Fight Addiction. Trust Me, I’m in Recovery

Dr. Clark Gaither Promotes Self-Care During Presentation on Burnout in Veterinary Medicine

76 billion opioid pills: Newly released federal data unmasks the epidemic

DEA tracked every opioid pill sold in the US. The data is out – and it’s horrific

Physician Burnout: The Real Reason Doctors Burn Out

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NCPHP Participates in NC Opioid Prevention Summit

Medical Cannabis No Solution to the Opioid Crisis

5 Things to Know about Physician Suicide

NCPHP CEO Interviewed about Veterinarians Joining the Fight against Opioids

Physician Impairment and Rehabilitation: A Position Paper from the American College of Physicians

NCVHP Speaks on Recognizing the Abuse of Controlled Substances in Veterinary Medicine

A New Paradigm for Long-Term Recovery

Burnout is an Official Medical Diagnosis, World Health Organization says

NCOSA Report Positive for NCPHP Re-Audit

PHP Success Story

NC Launches Opioid Awareness Campaign – “MorePowerfulNC”

Physician Burnout: Which specialties are least likely to ask for help

In America, Becoming a Doctor Can Prove Fatal

Does Opioid Use in Pets Create Higher Risk for Abuse in Humans?

Breaking the Silence

Suicides among veterinarians become a growing problem

Medscape Physician Lifestyle & Happiness Report 2019

How much physician burnout is costing your organization

Addiction Policy Forum Spotlight: Physician Health Programs

How physicians are assisting peers to overcome burnout

Dangers of rising benzo prescriptions raise alarms of next drug crisis

NCPHP CEO Dr. Joseph Jordan appointed to NCMS’s Opioid Task Force

The NC Medical Society (NCMS) launches new podcast, Bedside Manners, featuring NCPHP Medical Director

Federation of State Medical Boards honors North Carolina Medical Board members

Accepting Role Reversal – When the Doctor Becomes the Patient

WRAL Interviews NCPHP Medical Director about Physician Wellness

NCPHP Speaks about Provider Burnout with Duke Regional Hospital Employees

NCPHP Speaks about Burnout and Resilience with VA Employees

Physician Health Programs: A Model for Treating Substance Use Disorders

Physicians Must Care for Themselves to Truly Help Others

Investing in Physicians is Investing in Patients

Stanford Medicine hires chief physician wellness officer

Risk of Relapse Declines Significantly After 5 Years of Abstinence from Alcohol

NCPHP Speaks to Medical Professionals across North Carolina

Monitor Human Health, Too

US Adult Illicit Cannabis Use, Cannabis Use Disorder, and Medical Marijuana Laws

Addiction Treatment Aftercare Outcome Study

Malpractice Liability and Medical Marijuana.

The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health concludes “Addiction is not a character flaw.”

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How physician burnout compares to general working population

North Carolina Medical Board adopts new approach to licensee medical and mental health issues.

Nine Organizational Strategies to Promote Engagement and Reduce Burnout.

NCPHP names new Medical Director

The North Carolina Physicians Health Program (NCPHP) named Clark Gaither, MD, FAAFP, as Medical Director.

Is your health care provider an addict? The problem we can’t ignore.

September 2016, Rome News Tribune

Before he went to medical school, Michael Fishman was already addicted to drugs.“I didn’t even know there was such a thing as treatment then,” he recalls. He had never heard of a 12-step recovery program.

New CEO Announced

July 2016NCPHP is pleased to announce that effective July 1, 2016, Dr. Joseph Jordan became the Chief Executive Officer of the North Carolina Physicians Health Program. Dr. Jordan has been with NCPHP for nine years, and is honored and humbled by this opportunity.

Physician Death by Suicide: Problems Seeking Stakeholder Solutions

May 25, 2016, Archives of Depression and AnxietyEach year, approximately 400 physicians die by suicide in the United States, leaving an estimated one million patients without their physicians. Physicians are two to three times more likely to die by suicide than members of the general population and are more likely to die by suicide than other professionals.