Hill April 8, 2022
Last week, President Biden signed into law the Dr. Lorna Breen HealthcareProvider Protection Act. Breen’s death by suicide was a sentinel moment in the early phase of the pandemic, a stark indication that our health care workforce was bearing a great burden of the pandemic’s onslaught.
The new law requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to hospitals, medical professional associations, and other health care entities for programs to promote mental health and resiliency among health care providers. In addition, HHS may direct resources toward relevant mental and behavioral health training for health care students, residents or professionals.
The statistics are alarming: 78 percent of physicians surveyed have experienced some signs of burnout....
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