AMA September 29, 2022
When COVID-19 hit California, Stanford Medicine’s wellness program was ready and able to assist its health care workers. “We had already prioritized physician well-being and had a team in place to pivot what we were working on to try to support our people with the new challenges of the pandemic,” said hematologist Tait Shanafelt, MD, Stanford’s chief wellness officer.
In the early days of the pandemic, Stanford offered the basics such as food, child care and safety-net resources for people who experienced emotional distress. As infection rates rose among its physicians, the health system provided free lodging, other tangible resources, and longitudinal emotional support to these doctors while simultaneously offering support to short-staffed teams who remained behind, trying to...
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