Guide aims to improve well-being of hospital workers
As part of the first federal campaign to address health care worker burnout, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has released a guide to help hospital leaders improve health care worker well-being.
The guide provides a step-by-step process for hospitals to start making organizational-level changes to positively impact the mental health of their employees.
The realities of the health care system are driving many workers to burn out, according to the CDC.
“The role of health care workers in taking care of all of us is absolutely vital to our society, to our economy, and to our culture. But our health care workforce needs to feel supported, too,” said John Howard, M.D., director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
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