Whole-system approaches to improving the health and wellbeing of healthcare workers: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare professionals throughout the developed world report higher levels of sickness absence, dissatisfaction, distress, and "burnout" at work than staff in other sectors. There is a growing call for the 'triple aim' of healthcare delivery (improving patient experience and outcomes and reducing costs; to include a fourth aim: improving healthcare staff experience of healthcare delivery. A systematic review commissioned by the United Kingdom's (UK) Department of Health reviewed a large number of international healthy workplace interventions and recommended five whole-system changes to improve healthcare staff health and wellbeing: identification and response to local need, engagement of staff at all levels, and the involvement, visible leadership from, and up-skilling

SUBMITTER: Brand SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5714334 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature