Politico November 13, 2023
Daniel Payne, Erin Schumaker, Ruth Reader and Evan Peng

If you want to improve the conditions of health workers, you need to give their bosses tools for change: At least that’s the approach a new federal initiative is taking to stem burnout among doctors and nurses.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has launched its first federal campaign, called Impact Wellbeing, to improve the mental health of those working in hospitals. The campaign focuses on immediate solutions that facility leaders can implement for their workforce.

“There was a lack of trust between management and the health care worker,” NIOSH’s director, Dr. John Howard, told Future Pulse of the pre-pandemic state of affairs for many health workers. “And there were no real proactive steps that your employer was...

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