More than 1 in 5 physicians say they receive inadequate support from leadership, according to a survey that was conducted by healthcare consultancy company Jarrard.
However, when it comes to trust in their peers, physicians were far more likely to report confidence in them and their decisions related to patients and the workplace than that of executive leaders like CEOs, chief medical officers, nurse colleagues and chief nursing officers.
"Leaders are navigating myriad hard choices to chart a path forward for their organization. The challenges of that necessary work can keep well-intentioned leaders from fully engaging physicians – and others – seeking to understand those decisions and how they affect everyone involved," Anne Hancock Toomey, president and co-founder of Jarrard said in a news release. "That lack of relationship leads to mistrust and perceptions that leaders are withholding information."
The survey looked at trends collectively as well as broken into physicians at non-profit systems, investor-owned systems and private practices.
Other notable findings from the survey include:
- Fifty percent of physicians report having only marginal or little to no trust in their health system's leadership.
- Female physicians are far less likely to have trust in leadership than their male colleagues.
- More than 1 in 5 physicians say leadership does not support clinical staff members.
- Male physicians feel slightly more loyal toward their department or team than female physicians do.