TY - JOUR
T1 - A Comprehensive Approach to Addressing the Burnout Crisis Among US Health Care Workers
T2 - The Houston Methodist Experience
AU - Bourassa, Katelynn A.
AU - Rohr, Jessica C.
AU - Bartek, Nicole
AU - Miller, Susan M.
AU - Jones Wood, Stephanie
AU - Vasquez, Namrata N.
AU - Head, John
AU - Robert-Ibarra, Segundo
AU - Moore, Kula
AU - Marder, Kate
AU - Freeland, Diana
AU - Matthews, Laura
AU - Weinstein, Benjamin L.
AU - Madan, Alok
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024/5/1
Y1 - 2024/5/1
N2 - Health care workers experience high rates of burnout and psychiatric distress. A large health care system in the southwest United States developed a comprehensive mental health service model for employees. Services offered range from traditional benefits (eg, Employee Assistance Program), resiliency and well-being initiatives, and innovative technology solutions, to access to peer support services for professional practice issues. The latest innovation in services is a free, self-insured outpatient mental health clinic designed exclusively for health care workers and their dependents. In this article, the authors describe the development of expanded mental health programming for health care workers and discuss how this unique service model proactively reduces common barriers to the receipt of high-quality care. This approach to caring for the workforce may serve as a model for other health care organizations across the United States. By providing mental health support to employees, health care organizations are mitigating the risk of burnout and related consequences to the system.
AB - Health care workers experience high rates of burnout and psychiatric distress. A large health care system in the southwest United States developed a comprehensive mental health service model for employees. Services offered range from traditional benefits (eg, Employee Assistance Program), resiliency and well-being initiatives, and innovative technology solutions, to access to peer support services for professional practice issues. The latest innovation in services is a free, self-insured outpatient mental health clinic designed exclusively for health care workers and their dependents. In this article, the authors describe the development of expanded mental health programming for health care workers and discuss how this unique service model proactively reduces common barriers to the receipt of high-quality care. This approach to caring for the workforce may serve as a model for other health care organizations across the United States. By providing mental health support to employees, health care organizations are mitigating the risk of burnout and related consequences to the system.
KW - burnout
KW - health care workers
KW - mental health
KW - mental health treatment
KW - resilience
KW - Health Personnel/psychology
KW - Burnout, Professional/prevention & control
KW - Southwestern United States
KW - Mental Health Services
KW - United States
KW - Humans
KW - Adult
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U2 - 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000782
DO - 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000782
M3 - Article
C2 - 38819243
AN - SCOPUS:85195006119
SN - 1527-4160
VL - 30
SP - 192
EP - 199
JO - Journal of Psychiatric Practice
JF - Journal of Psychiatric Practice
IS - 3
ER -