Building a Program on Well-Being: Key Design Considerations to Meet the Unique Needs of Each Organization

This journal article published by Academic Medicine discusses the need for health care institutions to pursue provider well-being as a core organizational strategy. Extensive evidence demonstrates the link between physician/nurse burnout and patient outcomes. There are also four major drivers that motivate the need to build well-being programs to address burnout: the moral-ethical case (caring for people), business case (cost of turnover), tragic case (physician suicide), regulatory case (accreditation requirements). Having a well-being program symbolizes an organizational commitment to well-being. The authors suggest having efforts led by a c-suite leader through a chief wellness officer or similar position. They also recommend creating a framework around high professional fulfillment rather than just mitigating burnout. Efforts to promote well-being in the workforce provide a vital infrastructure for health care organizations to achieve their mission.

Topics:
Organizational Strategies, Safety and Patient Outcomes

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