{"id":26690,"date":"2024-06-12T10:32:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T08:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/?p=26690"},"modified":"2026-02-26T11:55:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:55:53","slug":"time-tracking-healthcare-burnout-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/productivity\/time-tracking-healthcare-burnout-prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Burnout in Healthcare Is High. Better Time Management Helps\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>High levels of career burnout among your staff lead to various negative outcomes, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reduced productivity,&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Higher turnover rates, and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lower quality of patient care.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With accurate time tracking, you can vastly <strong>reduce the risk of burnout <\/strong>in three easy steps. Here\u2019s how.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Reducing-Burnout-in-Healthcare-With-Time-Tracking-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Reducing Burnout in Healthcare With Time Tracking - cover\" class=\"wp-image-26719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Reducing-Burnout-in-Healthcare-With-Time-Tracking-cover.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Reducing-Burnout-in-Healthcare-With-Time-Tracking-cover-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Reducing-Burnout-in-Healthcare-With-Time-Tracking-cover-1110x555.jpg 1110w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Reducing-Burnout-in-Healthcare-With-Time-Tracking-cover-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Reducing-Burnout-in-Healthcare-With-Time-Tracking-cover-18x9.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"1-recognize-overworked-staff\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">#1: Recognize overworked staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before making any improvements, you must single out overworked employees<strong> <\/strong>that need your attention.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Time tracking software like <a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Clockify<\/a> can help by <strong>recording your staff&#8217;s work hours<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you use a <a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/healthcare-time-clock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">time clock for healthcare workers<\/a>, you gather crucial data automatically \u2014 without adding to anyone\u2019s workload.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Clockify, simply set up a clock-in kiosk for your employees.<strong> <\/strong>After the start of their shifts, the platform tracks the staff&#8217;s work hours and <strong>automatically generates attendance reports.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These reports show you important information about your employees in real time \u2014 like who has <strong>the<\/strong> <strong>most on-call hours and overtime<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Creating a kiosk in Clockify only takes 3 simple steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open the <strong>Kiosk<\/strong> <strong>page<\/strong> from the Clockify sidebar,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Create Kiosk, <\/strong>and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose which employees can use it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"844\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Kiosk-Clockify.png\" alt=\"Kiosk Clockify\" class=\"wp-image-26691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Kiosk-Clockify.png 844w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Kiosk-Clockify-364x300.png 364w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Kiosk-Clockify-764x630.png 764w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Kiosk-Clockify-768x633.png 768w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Kiosk-Clockify-15x12.png 15w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 844px) 100vw, 844px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Clock-in Kiosk in Clockify<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>You can set up a Clockify kiosk on a single device in your facility or let employees clock in from their personal devices. Either way, <strong>any phone, laptop, or tablet <\/strong>connected to the Internet will do.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After this, Clockify automatically creates reports in the Attendance section where you\u2019ll see everyone\u2019s:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Work hours,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Overtime,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Breaks, and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Time off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1103\" height=\"922\" src=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Attendance-Clockify-2.png\" alt=\"Attendance Clockify\" class=\"wp-image-26692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Attendance-Clockify-2.png 1103w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Attendance-Clockify-2-359x300.png 359w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Attendance-Clockify-2-754x630.png 754w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Attendance-Clockify-2-768x642.png 768w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Attendance-Clockify-2-14x12.png 14w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1103px) 100vw, 1103px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Attendance Tracking in Clockify<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Thanks to such reports, you can quickly <strong>spot employees at risk of <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/productivity\/career-burnout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>career burnout<\/strong><\/a><strong>.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom-btn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/app.clockify.me\/en\/signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spot overworked staff with Clockify<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"2-distribute-shifts-more-evenly\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">#2: Distribute shifts more evenly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vitalsigns\/health-worker-mental-health\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report<\/a>, 46% of healthcare workers in the U.S. experienced burnout in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a solution, studies show that overworked healthcare workers <a href=\"https:\/\/misuse.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/error\/abuse.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">want better task distribution<\/a> from their supervisors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides recognizing signs of burnout, Clockify can help you <strong>even out the workload<\/strong> among your staff with its shift <a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/features\/scheduling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scheduling features<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Schedule section provides a <strong>visual overview<\/strong> of your staff\u2019s shifts and capacity over time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"977\" src=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Scheduling-Clockify.jpg\" alt=\"Scheduling Clockify\" class=\"wp-image-26693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Scheduling-Clockify.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Scheduling-Clockify-368x300.jpg 368w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Scheduling-Clockify-774x630.jpg 774w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Scheduling-Clockify-768x625.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Scheduling-Clockify-15x12.jpg 15w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Scheduling in Clockify<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>From there, you can set the maximum <strong>daily work hours<\/strong> for each employee and <strong>assign tasks<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If an assignment exceeds someone\u2019s work capacity, a thin red line will appear on their timeline \u2014 making it easy to <strong>distribute shifts without overbooking anyone<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can adjust the shift schedule from the same screen via <strong>simple drag-and-drop movements<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you\u2019re satisfied with the shift schedule, you can easily share it with the staff by clicking the Publish button.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom-btn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/app.clockify.me\/en\/signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Assign shifts with Clockify<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"3-automate-administrative-tasks\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">#3: Automate administrative tasks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0002934319307570\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Journal of Medicine<\/a>, over 56% of physicians who suffer from burnout cite <strong>excessive bureaucracy<\/strong> as one of the main causes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Admin work also burdens healthcare managers because it leaves them less time to focus on staff and patients.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clockify frees up your time for improving your employees\u2019 well-being and patient care by <strong>automating menial tasks <\/strong>\u2014 like payroll and leave management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/features\/time-off\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Time off feature<\/a> in Clockify, you can easily <strong>manage all types of<\/strong> <strong>employee leaves<\/strong> from one place, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vacations,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Holidays, and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sick leave.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can set <strong>time off policies<\/strong> for the whole team or individual employees, and approve or deny <strong>leave requests<\/strong> \u2014 all from the same screen.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Time-off-Clockify.jpg\" alt=\"Time off Clockify\" class=\"wp-image-26694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Time-off-Clockify.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Time-off-Clockify-584x300.jpg 584w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Time-off-Clockify-1110x570.jpg 1110w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Time-off-Clockify-768x394.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Time-off-Clockify-18x9.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Clockify\u2019s Time off tracker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Besides leave management, Clockify can also <strong>automate payroll calculations<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All you need to do is <strong>set hourly rates<\/strong> for each employee in your workspace settings.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"303\" src=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Team-section-Clockify.png\" alt=\"Team section Clockify\" class=\"wp-image-26695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Team-section-Clockify.png 768w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Team-section-Clockify-730x288.png 730w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Team-section-Clockify-18x7.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Labor cost &amp; hourly rate settings in Clockify&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Clockify automatically calculates payroll based on tracked work hours and generates reports later. When you need the information for payroll processing, you can simply export the reports in your desired file format \u2014 including Excel, CSV, and PDF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"banner banner-dark clockify-gradient-landing-2\">\n    <div class=\"banner-text lg:pr-[6rem]\">\n        <span class=\"h4 text-lg translation-block mb-0\">Find time for staff with Clockify<\/span>\n        <p class=\"translation-block mt-1 mb-3\">Time tracking software used by millions. Clockify is a time tracker and timesheet app that lets you track work hours across projects.<\/p>\n\n        <div class=\"banner-buttons d-flex gap-4 align-items-center translation-block justify-content-center justify-content-sm-start\">\n            <a class=\"bg-white rounded px-3 py-1 text-gray-dark\" href=\"https:\/\/app.clockify.me\/en\/signup\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up<\/a>\n\n                            <a class=\"button-2\" href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/apps\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"banner-image banner-image-middle \">\n        <picture>\n            <source srcset=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/cake-blog\/theme\/images\/banners\/clockify\/landing-2@2x.png 2x\" alt=\"Illustration\"  media=\"(min-width: 1022px)\" \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/cake-blog\/theme\/images\/banners\/clockify\/landing-2.png\"  alt=\"Illustration\" \/>\n        <\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    \n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"improve-patient-care-with-clockify\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Improve patient care with Clockify<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Time tracking can help you <strong>prevent employee burnout <\/strong>by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Highlighting overworked team members,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improving your shift management, and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Giving you more time to focus on staff and patients.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Clockify provides all the time tracking features you need in an easy-to-use, <a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/pricing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">affordable package<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You <strong>don\u2019t need any technical expertise<\/strong> to use Clockify\u2019s powerful options. The initial setup is simple and takes only a few minutes, even if you\u2019ve never used a time tracking tool before.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Detailed instructions for every feature are also available in Clockify\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Help section<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/tutorials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video tutorials<\/a> \u2014 so you can always ask customer support for assistance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clockify\u2019s time management features provide <strong>tangible improvements in mere days<\/strong>. When your facility\u2019s workload is distributed more evenly, patient satisfaction will follow suit. Also, if you&#8217;d like to have <strong>a team chat app<\/strong> and <strong>a project management app<\/strong>, together with tracking time in Clockify, check out this special <a href=\"https:\/\/cake.com\/bundle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bundle price<\/a> for all 3 apps.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Start taking better care of your healthcare workers now.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom-btn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/app.clockify.me\/en\/signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get started with Clockify&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to use time tracking to prevent burnout in health facilities and improve patient care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":26748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-productivity"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26690"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35996,"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26690\/revisions\/35996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}