Health Workforce Well-Being Day
March 18, the anniversary of the passage of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, is now officially recognized as Health Workforce Well-Being Day of Awareness, acknowledging the widespread health worker burnout in the U.S. and the need for solutions.
Healthcare workers experiencing burnout doesn’t just harm individuals, it threatens the entire system. Addressing the mental health crisis now is both financially sustainable and smart policy. Learn more about the Lorna Breen Law and what it protects here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxb_kt4l21g
The North Carolina Clinician and Physician Retention and Well-being (NCCPRW) Consortium has partnered with the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation. NCCPRW is a collaborative initiative aimed at identifying and developing strategies to improve well-being among the healthcare workforce at the individual, organizational, and state level. The Consortium is part of a 3-phase initiative with hospitals and health systems to improve workplace policies and practices that reduce burnout, normalize help-seeking, and strengthen professional well-being.
But there is more work to be done – and we’re only getting started.
Now is the time to act to support our nation’s health workers.
Click here for opportunities for hospital leaders, policymakers, health workers, and everyone to assist the national efforts with the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes Foundation
Contact the Consortium’s Executive Director, Monecia Thomas, PhD, MHA, to get your hospital or health system engaged in the Consortium’s state-wide efforts to make North Carolina the healthiest state to practice medicine.
Help care for the mental health of those who care for us.