Chief Healthcare Executive October 27, 2023
Employees say they have more days of poor mental health, and the percentage of workers who say they’ve been harassed has doubled, a CDC report says.
Doctors, nurses and other workers have been dealing with burnout and mental health struggles, and new federal data sheds more light on the growing problem.
The mental health crisis in healthcare is also threatening to drive more people out of the industry, the data suggest.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report assessing the mental health challenges of healthcare workers. The CDC report notes that healthcare workers have been battling burnout for years, and those sentiments existed before the COVID-19 pandemic.
But the CDC findings indicate the problems are worsening.
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