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
Aug 11, 2025Commentary
Graduate Medical Education in Indian Country: Addressing Workforce Shortages and Improving Health Outcomes
Introduction The federal government established the Indian Health Service (IHS) in 1955 to manage the delivery of health care to members of federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Tribes living on or near AIAN land. Today, the IHS serves 1.7 million people across 43 hospitals and 383 clinics—but it continues to experience substantial physician shortages (Assistant Secretary for […]
Education, Training, and LeadershipHealth Worker Well-BeingWorkforce and Interprofessionalism
Apr 7, 2025Discussion Paper
A Path to Improved Health Care Worker Well-Being: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Introduction Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the general public may have been unaware of the growing health care worker burnout crisis. However, during the pandemic, it was difficult to miss media reports of increasing levels of burnout, depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation among health care professionals caring for seriously ill patients infected with a novel disease (Gregorio, 2020; Farrar, 2021). […]
Health Worker Well-BeingInfectious Diseases
Mar 18, 2025Visual Collection
Healthy Providers, Healthy Patients: Advancing Workforce Well-Being in the Health Professions
Health Worker Well-Being
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
Aug 20, 2024Story
From Vision to Reality: The Change Maker Campaign’s National Impact
Health Worker Well-Being
