According to Becker’s Hospital Review, personnel shortages of all types were at the top of the list of pressing concerns for healthcare CEOs in 2021, eclipsing financial concerns for the first time in 17 years. Shortages of nursing staff are causing closures and service delays that impact care quality, patient access and financial recovery as health… Continue reading To help retain nurses, fix communication: NASA TLX survey
The collaboration started with a simple question: what if we could get a group of healthcare workforce well-being experts together to create a list of the top five most critical well-being actions that leaders could take now to support healthcare team members? That was the question that spurred Heather Farley, MD, MHCDS, FACEP, chief wellness… Continue reading The 2022 Healthcare Workforce Rescue Package
In 2021, the CEO Coalition, a group of health system leaders across the US, engaged the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) to research evidence- and experience-based practices that support team member safety and well-being principles outlined in its Heart of Safety: Declaration of Principles. The Declaration expands the traditional definition of safety to include protecting… Continue reading Evidence-Based Practices Support the CEO Coalition’s Declaration of Principles
You can hardly pick up a paper these days without reading about healthcare team member burnout and a growing crisis in healthcare staffing as healthcare professionals and support team members opt out of the ever-speeding treadmill of clinical care. Yes, the coronavirus continues to put an unprecedented level of strain on team members facing a… Continue reading System Change is at the Heart of Well-Being
We’ve all seen them – posters on the wall that proclaim an organization’s commitment to a set of values. Too often these sit alongside other posters that subtly but clearly run counter to those values. Or they’re the overlooked backdrop to conversations that reflect decisions and behaviors that show no connection to what the organization… Continue reading Turning Values into Value: Respect at NewYork-Presbyterian
