Stanford ED Launches ‘Time Banking’ Program To Reduce Physician Burnout
The Stanford Department of Emergency Medicine has launched a "time banking" program designed to alleviate physician burnout. The program allows doctors to "bank" the time they spend mentoring, serving on committees, accepting last-minute shifts or deploying in emergencies to earn credits to use for work- or home-related services, such as babysitters, elder care, ready-made meal deliveries and cleaning services.
- "Time in the Bank: A Stanford Plan To Save Doctors From Burnout" (Schulte, Washington Post, 8/20).