Is it possible to have wellbeing and a busy life in medicine?
Mary Rensel 
The National Academy of Medicine has partnered with many institutions and came up with a national plan for well being at work in healthcare.
The National Academy of Medicine recently released a national plan for healthcare workers well being.
Check it out, what do you like about it? What do you think is missing?
What do you wish was in it?
Anything from your workplace that is going amazingly and you would like more folks to know about it?
Please share your wins and challenges, the time is now to improve the landscape for the busy professional.
We cannot sacrifice our health for our work. Work also gives us many positive aspects of our lives: connections, growth, meaning to name a few.
There must be a central line of working productively and still maintaining one's health.
We know It is hard to keep up with the national plans to help healthcare workers avoid burnout and optimize their workplaces.
We know you are putting out fires in your own teams and departments.
We thought it may be helpful to have the summary of the recent NAM plan so you can take some ideas back to your departments.
Here is a summary of the recent National Academy of Medicine (NAM)National Plan to address HealthCare Workforce Well-Being.
The NAM National Plan complements the May 2022 Surgeon General’s Advisory on Addressing Health Worker Burnout, which called attention to on-the-job harassment, bullying, and threats faced by health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
These factors eroded the trust and relationship between the public and health workers. The current severe health workforce shortage places enormous burden on the health workers remaining and jeopardizes the health of the nation.
The NAM National Plan will build on the Surgeon General’s Advisory as well as related bipartisan policy efforts, such as the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, which begins to support the mental and behavioral health of health workers.
NAM President Victor Dzau, co-chair of the Clinician Well-Being Collaborative, said, “There is an urgent need for a longer-term plan for the nation to stem this crisis. This NAM National Plan provides a roadmap for the nation to set forth the priority areas,
The National Plan demonstrates that investment in health worker well-being must come from multiple levels.
Health leaders and other key decision-makers across sectors – with support from frontline workers and the public – must collectively support a new social contract that begins with a coordinated national movement and system of evaluation and accountability.
The National Plan visualizes that, when all actors take responsibility, we can create a health system in which care is delivered joyfully and with meaning, by a committed care team, in partnership with engaged patients and communities.
The National Plan identifies specific, near-term actions to achieve the following priorities, clearly naming associated goals and responsible actors:
Create and sustain positive work and learning environments and culture
Invest in measurement, assessment, strategies, and research
Support mental health and reduce stigma
Address compliance, regulatory, and policy barriers for daily work
Engage effective technology tools
Institutionalize well-being as a long-term value
Recruit and retain a diverse and inclusive health workforce
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, co-chair of the Clinician Well-Being Collaborative, said, “Even before the COVID-19 crisis began, our health workforce had to meet extraordinary and overwhelming challenges. As we now rebuild and recover from the pandemic, we owe health workers a debt of action. I’m grateful to the National Academy of Medicine for recognizing this, and for their leadership through the National Plan for our health workforce, because if we fail to address burnout and ensure health workers have the support and resources they need, then the consequences will be felt by everyone who relies on the health care system.”
Access the full National Plan at nam.edu/NationalPlan.
Stay well and all the best for you and your teams!
Dr. Mary Rensel
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