Health Workforce
A strong and resilient health workforce is essential to meeting current and future health care demands. At the National Academy of Medicine, we focus on strengthening workforce development, supporting well-being, and ensuring that health professionals are equipped with the skills needed to deliver high-quality care.
Action Collaborative
Clinician Well-Being & Resilience
The Clinician Well-Being Collaborative is a network of leaders and representatives of many major health professional organizations and health systems across the United States. Since 2017, the Collaborative has convened, published, and shaped the national conversation to advance three goals:
- Raise the visibility of clinician anxiety, burnout, depression, stress, and suicide
- Improve baseline understanding of challenges to clinician well-being
- Advance evidence-based, multidisciplinary solutions to improve patient care by caring for the caregiver
Jan 26, 2026Commentary
The Real Driver of Burnout: The 1.2-FTE Problem
The work of a clinician rarely ends in the clinic. Consider a typical outpatient clinician: They are employed at 1.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) but effectively work 1.2 FTEs. This is the 1.2-FTE problem: a full-time schedule plus a routine, invisible second shift of administrative work. This problem is so pervasive that it has normalized the concept of “pajama time,” referring […]
Education, Training, and LeadershipHealth Worker Well-Being
Dec 15, 2025Commentary
When Patients Lose Coverage, Clinicians Lose Heart
National Academy of Medicine · When Patients Lose Coverage, Clinicians Lose Heart (National Academy of Medicine) Recent federal legislation is likely to strip 16 million people in the United States of health care coverage (Ortaliza et al., 2025). Decades of research confirm that access to care is a cornerstone of good health, and the consequences of widespread coverage loss […]
Coverage and AccessHealth Worker Well-Being
Oct 9, 2025Survey
Change Maker Accelerator Applications
Health Worker Well-Being
Sep 17, 2025News
NAM and Patients for Patient Safety Reflect on World Patient Safety Day
Health Worker Well-BeingPatient and Consumer Issues
Jul 29, 2025Story
A Culture of Care: The Power of Sustaining Institutional Commitment to Clinician Well-Being
Health Worker Well-Being
Jun 27, 2025In the News
Addressing Health Worker Burnout Is Key to Protecting Patients
Health Worker Well-Being
Jan 28, 2025Story
Building a Culture of Well-Being: Planning for Health Workforce Well-Being Day 2025 Starts Now
Health Worker Well-Being
