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
Jul 13, 2026Commentary
Managing Pediatric Obesity: The Lived Experience of the Pediatric Primary Care Provider
Introduction Childhood obesity is a highly prevalent chronic condition that often persists in adulthood and is associated with both short- and long-term morbidity (Hampl et al., 2023). Effective treatment remains challenging, particularly in the primary care setting. A key reason is that the etiology of childhood obesity is complex, driven by an interrelated and multifactorial set of socioecological, environmental, behavioral, […]
Children and FamiliesHealth Worker Well-Being
Apr 8, 2026Action Plan
Embedding Well-Being as a Lasting Value: Inaugural Accelerator Action Plans
Health Worker Well-Being
Mar 5, 2026Community Impact
Healthy Providers, Healthy Patients: Partnering to Improve Outcomes
Health Worker Well-BeingPatient and Consumer Issues
May 8, 2026In the News
Patients and Clinicians as Powerful Partners for Better Health Outcomes
Patient and Consumer IssuesHealth Worker Well-Being
Mar 18, 2026News
National Academy of Medicine Announces Over 20 New Change Maker Accelerators to Advance Health Workforce Well-Being
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
