NAM Change Maker Campaign for Health Workforce Well-Being
Background
The NAM launched the Clinician Well-Being Collaborative in 2017 to reverse trends in health worker burnout. In October 2022, the NAM released the National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being to drive collective action to strengthen health workforce well-being and restore the health of the nation, as more nurses, physicians, and public health employees than ever are poised to leave their professions.
Now we invite you to take the next step in the health workforce well-being movement
- Thanks for joining a growing number of NAM Change Makers (190 as of October 2023)
Become an NAM Change Maker
The Change Maker Campaign aims to advance the National Plan Priority Areas and spark a national movement to support health workforce well-being. The campaign will provide a dynamic mechanism to facilitate information sharing and collaboration across ongoing initiatives, document their impact, and amplify effective solutions to common challenges.
The NAM launched the Change Maker Campaign in October 2023 on the first anniversary of the release of the National Plan. We look forward to organizations representing health care and public health leaders, government, payers, industry, educators, and other groups becoming Change Makers to drive policy and systems change.
What does it mean to be a Change Maker?
Change Makers will affirm a commitment to Priority Area 6, and reflect on their organizational progress toward institutionalizing well-being as a long-term value. Change Makers will have opportunities for:
- Public recognition by the NAM: Change Makers will receive an annual Change Maker Badge that can be displayed on websites and other materials.
- Storytelling: The NAM will collect and amplify stories of triumphs and shared challenges on the NAM website and across NAM channels to fuel the work of Change Makers.
- Celebrating progress: All Change Maker organizations will be invited to participate in the inaugural National Day for Health Workforce Well-Being in 2024. This annual day will be a chance for the nation to reflect on how far Change Makers and grassroots supporters have come each year and celebrate accomplishments.
How to become an NAM Change Maker
Please sign up by February 1, 2024. The opportunity will remain open afterwards, but Change Makers who apply by the deadline will be recognized in a Spring 2024 announcement.
Process details
Applicants will be asked to share information about the following:
- Personal and demographic information
- Organization information
- How your organization intends to fulfill your commitment to Institutionalize Well-Being as a Long-Term Value
Confirmed Change Makers will be notified within 20 business days of signing up, and receive onboarding and promotional materials at that time. Questions? Email ccolgan@nas.edu.
Thank you for your dedication to the well-being of the health workforce. Together, we are part of a movement to restore a health system in which care is delivered joyfully and with meaning by a committed team, in partnership with patients and communities.
NAM Change Makers
Together with hundreds of other organizations across the country, we are beginning to turn the tide of health worker burnout and rebuild a thriving health profession. Know others who want to join? Share this opportunity and help us build the Change Maker Campaign!
Abridge
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
American Academy of Emergency Medicine
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Care
American Academy of PAs
American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
American Medical Student Association
Carilion Clinic
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
CommonSpirit Health
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Department of Health and Human Services
Duke University, NAPNAP
Extinguish Burnout
George Washington University
Golden State MD Health & Wellness- A Professional Corporation
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Houston Methodist
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Integrative Nurse Coach Academy
Los Angeles County Medical Association
Marshfield Clinic Health System
Massachusetts Medical Society – Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association Joint Task Force on Physician Burnout
Moffitt Cancer Center
Mount Sinai Hospital
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
National League for Nursing
Northeast Ohio Medical University
NYU Langone Health
Ochsner Health
Ohio State University College of Nursing
OhioHealth
Optum
Orion Behavioral Health
Patient Advocate Foundation
Penn State Health
Peter Munk Cardiac Centre
RENEW
Rescue Lung Society
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
SIU School of Medicine
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Society of General Internal Medicine
Stanford Medicine
Stonybrook University Medicine
Sulu Coaching
UAB Medicine
University of Arkansas Medical School
University of California Los Angeles
University of California San Diego
University of California, San Francisco
University of Colorado Health
University of Michigan
University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
University of San Francisco
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
University of Utah
University of Virginia School of Nursing
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Veterans Health Administration
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University
Western University Canada
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Building on the Foundation of the NAM Clinician Well-Being Network
The Change Maker Campaign builds on almost six years of collective work among 200 Clinician Well-Being Collaborative Members and Network Organizations. Thank you to our 2017-2023 network for tremendous progress in raising the visibility of clinician anxiety, burnout, depression, stress, and suicide; improving baseline understanding of challenges to clinician well-being; and advancing evidence-based, multidisciplinary solutions to improve patient care by caring for the caregiver. We look forward to deepening partnerships with our network through the Change Maker Campaign, in addition to bringing new actors into the movement.
