Lessons From the Northeast COVID-19 Surge: Well-Being of the Health Care Workforce

Kiely, Sharon C.; Parisi, Susan; Farley, Heather; Ripp, Jonathan

Lessons From the Northeast COVID-19 Surge: Well-Being of the Health Care Workforce

Kiely, Sharon C.; Parisi, Susan; Farley, Heather; Ripp, Jonathan

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the US health care system which was already experiencing higher levels of personal burnout among health care workers than the average US worker. Well-being efforts to support the workforce have become a critical countermeasure during the pandemic. This work was presented at the Thomas Jefferson University, College of Population Health Seminar Series: Clinical Lessons from the Northeast Surge, COVID-19: Spread the Science, not the Virus, held August 18, 2020. The entire series was held virtually from July 21 to September 29, 2020. The authors describe issues impacting health care workers during this early period of the pandemic with two examples of concrete strategies to approach well-being at the organizational level and lessons learned.

This resource is found in our Actionable Strategies for Health Organizations: Establishing Commitment & Shared Governance (Organizational Infrastructure for Well-Being).

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American Journal of Medical Quality
2023
Profession(s)
Healthcare Workers (General)
Topic(s)
Burnout
Mental Health
Resource Types
Commentaries & Blogs
Study Type(s)
Expert Opinion, Commentary, etc.
Action Strategy Area(s)
Commitment & Governance
Physical & Mental Health
Setting(s)
Hospital
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