NAM issues national plan for health care workforce well-being

The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) this week released The National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being. Endorsed by AONL, the American Hospital Association (AHA) and 200 other participants, the plan builds on six years of work and identifies goals and actions to help health care leaders, educators, governing boards, payers, and federal agencies achieve health workforce well-being. The plan targets seven priority areas: create and sustain positive work and learning environments and culture; invest in measurement assessment, strategies and research; support mental health and reduce stigma; address compliance, regulatory and policy barriers for daily work; engage effective technology tools; institutionalize well-being as a long-term value; and recruit and retain a diverse, inclusive health workforce. In a statement, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack and CNO Robyn Begley, CEO of AONL, said they were proud to contribute to the NAM collaborative and pledged to “continue to develop resources to protect and optimize the well-being of the current health care workers and future generations of clinicians.”