National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being Background
The National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being builds on almost six years of collective work among NAM’s network of 200 organizations committed to reversing trends in health worker burnout.
In November 2021, members of the Action Collaborative of Clinician Well-Being and Resilience’s Steering Committee met to identify priority areas to advance health care worker well-being. The Steering Committee participated in six meetings between December 2021 and May 2022 to lead the conceptualization, outlining, drafting, and editing of the National Plan, with input from all Collaborative members. The final text of the National Plan is the culmination of committee deliberations, consideration of public input, and completion of the NAM peer review process.
Related Work from the Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience
Resource Compendium for Health Care Worker Well-Being
If you are a health care worker or leading a health care organization, we have well-being resources for you. The Clinician Well-Being Collaborative offers this collection of resources that highlight strategies and tools that health care leaders and workers can use across practice settings to take action toward decreasing burnout and improving clinician well-being.
Action Steps and Resources for Health Care Leaders to Take Action Against Clinician Burnout
It is critical to address burnout not as an individual issue, but rather as a systems issue. Building more supportive work environments will help address the serious public health concern of clinician burnout. View a collection of tools for health care leaders to take steps to help reduce clinician burnout.
Clinician Burnout Crisis in the Era of COVID-19
In April 2021, the Clinician Well-Being Collaborative reached out to our network and received over 500 questionnaire responses on the effects of the pandemic on clinicians’ personal and professional lives. Respondents also shared creative solutions implemented by health care organizations to better support their workforce approximately one year into the pandemic. The NAM offers topline takeaways as a snapshot of frontline clinicians’ lived experiences, and a resource to help inform our movement to enhance clinician well-being.
Letter During Health Care Workforce Shortage and Burnout Crisis
It is critical for us to have a coordinated plan at the national level to help shift U.S. health care from the current reality of a workforce shortage and burnout crisis to a future where every health care worker is able to experience joy in their workplace and knows that they are valued.
Ask A Nurse Video Series
Film director Bronwen Hughes chats with Beverly Malone, president and CEO, National League for Nursing, about health care worker well-being, particularly from a nurse’s view. Watch these video clips to hear more about the leadership role of nurses in patient care, clinicians’ struggles and concerns during the pandemic, and the supports that workers need from the health system to care for patients and have their full humanity protected.
October 32022
10:00:00 - 12:00:00
National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being Launch Event
June 242022
11:00:00 - 12:00:00
National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being Public Event
Public EventWebinar
May 202022
15:00:00 - 16:30:00
National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being Public Input Webinar
Webinar
April 82022
10:00:00 - 14:00:00
Health Technology to Reduce Burnout
Webinar
March 152022
12:00:00 - 16:30:00
Clinician Retention in the Era of COVID: Uniting the Health Workforce to Optimize Well-Being
Webinar
January 312022
10:00:00 - 13:00:00
Reducing Documentation & Administrative Burden for Clinician Well-Being
Webinar
Oct 3, 2022
National Academy of Medicine Publishes National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being and Calls for Collective Movement to Address Burnout Crisis
May 20, 2022
NAM Provides Opportunity for Public to Inform National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being
Apr 28, 2022
NAM to Deliver National Plan to Strengthen Health Workforce Well-Being and Restore the Health of the Nation
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