Efficient measures and effective solutions for burnout

The Defense Health Agency awarded The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. a $1.33M Project Grant under the Military Health Services Research (MHSR) Program (CFDA 12.007) on September 30, 2025, to develop efficient measures and effective solutions for clinician burnout within the Military Health System (MHS). The two-year project, which extends through September 29, 2027, will be performed at the foundation's Westlake, Maryland facility and aims to generate evidence-based findings to support Department of Defense policy and decision-making regarding healthcare provider wellness and retention.

The project incorporates specialized research services from two sub-awardees to achieve its objectives. The Geneva Foundation (awarded February 2, 2026) will complete machine learning model development using Random Forest methodology to predict clinician burnout based on proxy outcomes, validate the predictive model using survey data, and conduct common factor analyses to identify key burnout predictors. D-Prime LLC (awarded November 1, 2025) will integrate the Neurometryx system into the study to provide validated, objective physiologic measurements of workload and cognitive efficiency in MHS healthcare providers, conduct real-time monitoring during a multi-month intervention, and deliver integrated analyses combining physiologic data with subjective survey responses and operational metrics to assess burnout risk trajectories and physiologic adaptation patterns.