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A talented, engaged workforce is a hospital’s most important resource. In order to maintain access to quality care, health systems must navigate workforce challenges and opportunities, including professional shortages, staff burnout, workplace violence and diversity. Please note: on some web browsers, document links may automatically download to your computer rather than open up on your screen.

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The WCC Podcast: Confronting Burnout and Moral Injury
The Workplace Change Collaborative Podcast, funded by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, explores the drivers and consequences of burnout and moral injury amongst health workers, and identifies practical strategies to improve their well-being.
Web link    Date Added: 07/02/2024    Date Last Modified: Jul 2 2024 8:56PM  
Healthy Work Environments
Creating a healthy work environment (HWE) enables nurses to provide the highest standards of patient care while being fulfilled at work. Learn more about the six HWE standards from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, conduct a free assessment of your unit, and find evidence-based resources needed to build and sustain an HWE at your facility.
Web link    Date Added: 03/20/2024    Date Last Modified: Mar 20 2024 11:52AM  
Science-Based Strategies to Promote Clinician Well-Being and Patient Safety
This resource demonstrates how leaders can strategically apply human factors and ergonomics to reduce occupational stress on clinicians and others.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 05/22/2024    Date Last Modified: May 22 2024 11:02AM  
2023 Survey of America’s Current and Future Physicians
The Physicians Foundation’s 2023 Survey of America’s Current and Future Physicians focuses on the state of physician, resident and medical student wellbeing, as well as physician practice environments — and the solutions needed to improve both.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 12/04/2024    Date Last Modified: Dec 4 2023 12:57PM  
Health Care Worker Well-Being Resource Snapshot
This Resource Snapshot from the American Hospital Association highlights training and other resources to help hospital leaders strengthen and support workforce well-being.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 04/17/2024    Date Last Modified: Apr 17 2024 10:23AM  
Impact Wellbeing™ Guide: Taking Action to Improve Healthcare Worker Wellbeing
As part of the first federal campaign to address health care worker burnout, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released an evidence-informed and actionable guide for the nation’s hospital leaders to improve health care worker wellbeing. This guide provides a step-by-step process for hospitals to start making organizational-level changes that will impact and improve the mental health of their employees.
Web link    Date Added: 04/17/2024    Date Last Modified: May 1 2024 2:12PM  
Physicians Reveal the Self Care Activities That Help Them Avoid Burnout
Physician self-care is crucial due to high burnout rates. Burnout affects over 50% of doctors, leading to mental health issues, relationship problems and medical errors. This article discusses how doctors engage in activities like exercise, socializing, reading and meditation to combat burnout.
Web link    Date Added: 07/10/2024    Date Last Modified: Jul 10 2024 2:10PM  
White House Will Require Cyber Standards for Hospitals
The Biden administration plans to require hospitals to meet minimum cybersecurity standards, and will provide free training to small, rural hospitals.
Web link    Date Added: 07/10/2024    Date Last Modified: Jul 10 2024 2:28PM  
The State of Worker Burnout: 2024
Burnout remains a pervasive threat to employers. Eagle Hill’s latest research delves into the heart of the issue, uncovering who bears the brunt of burnout, its underlying drivers and the vital insights workers share on alleviating its toll.
Web link    Date Added: 07/13/2024    Date Last Modified: Jul 13 2024 9:39AM  
2024 Health Care Workforce Scan
Drawn from authoritative reports and filled with real-world hospital case studies, this resource from the American Hospital Association provides insights and practical recommendations to support, retain and recruit staff.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 02/01/2024    Date Last Modified: Feb 1 2024 8:36PM  
AACN Publishes Standards for Appropriate Staffing in Adult Critical Care
This resource from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses provides guidance to help organizations address the complex challenges of nurse staffing into daily operations and patient care.
Web link    Date Added: 05/29/2024    Date Last Modified: May 29 2024 11:17AM  
Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community
This advisory from the Surgeon General call attention to the role connection plays in individual, community and societal health, and offers a framework for how we can all contribute to improving social connection.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 09/13/2023    Date Last Modified: Sep 13 2023 3:04PM  
Seven Types of Rest: Strategies for Managing Toxic Stress and Burnout
This fact sheet from the Overdose Prevention Network outlines seven different types of rest, so people can identify areas of their lives where they need to focus on rest and prioritize self-care accordingly.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 09/18/2023    Date Last Modified: Sep 18 2023 4:31PM  
Return-to-Paper Playbook: How Hospital Leaders Can Plan for Downtime
Hospitals and health systems across the country have been returning to paper medical records during IT outages caused by the unceasing number of cyberattacks plaguing the industry. While IT executives say the best way to prepare for a hack is prevention, health systems must also plan for potential downtime procedures when EHRs are offline.
Web link    Date Added: 07/13/2024    Date Last Modified: Jul 13 2024 10:06AM  
Strengthening the Health Care Workforce: Strategies for Now, Near and Far
Developed by the American Hospital Association, this guide provides resources and strategies to help hospitals navigate today's workforce challenges and opportunities.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 08/17/2023    Date Last Modified: Aug 17 2023 11:03AM  
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Toolkit™
This guide from the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) provides practical action steps, case studies and other resources to help nurse leaders improve diversity and equity efforts.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 07/08/2024    Date Last Modified: Jul 8 2024 5:58PM  
The Vivian Healthcare Workforce Report 2024
In this fourth installment of Vivian Health’s annual Healthcare Workforce report, the authors examine the attitudes of health care professionals about their careers, well-being and lifestyle to better understand rapidly changing employment dynamics. This survey was conducted December 12, 2023 – January 11, 2024, and includes responses from 863 clinicians.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 04/17/2024    Date Last Modified: Apr 17 2024 10:18AM  
The Well-Being Impact of Northwestern Medicine's Scholars of Wellness Program
To address the mental stresses of health care, Chicago’s Northwestern Medicine established the Scholars of Wellness program, focusing on understanding what well-being actually means, and how it can be woven into organizational culture. This American Hospital Association podcast explains difference the program is making, and how it could benefit other facilities.
Podcast    Date Added: 03/27/2024    Date Last Modified: Mar 27 2024 10:16AM  
Embedding an Organizational Culture of Wellness
In this American Hospital Association podcast, Kristine Olson, M.D., chief wellness officer at Yale New Haven Hospital, discusses how the hospital is working to develop wellness and well-being across the organization, and the positive results they are seeing.
Podcast    Date Added: 03/27/2024    Date Last Modified: Mar 27 2024 10:36AM