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#WeAreHealthcare: Sustaining a Healthy Workforce with Phelps Health
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the health care workforce.
Increasing Support for Health Care Workers' Mental Health and Well-being
Health care workers are stressed out, stretched out, burned out and leaving the profession in truly alarming numbers. It doesn’t have to be this way and there are opportunities to make workplaces engines of mental health and well-being.
CDC recommends RSV vaccine for older adults who would benefit
As proposed by its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today recommended a single dose of the GSK or Pfizer Respiratory Syncytial Virus vaccine for people aged 60 and older who decide with their health care provider that the vaccine would benefit them.
HHS releases strategies to promote older adult physical activity
The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday released a report on evidence-based strategies to increase physical activity among older adults in community, health care and home settings, noting that less than 15% of adults aged 65 and older meet the aerobic and muscle-strengthening activity recommendations in HHS’ Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans.
Recruiting the Next Generation of Behavioral Health Professionals
The shortage of behavioral health care professionals is a serious public health issue, particularly in rural areas.
AHA podcast: Finding the right words to support your health care peers
Often the fear of saying “the wrong thing” prevents health care workers from reaching out to colleagues they’re worried about. In the latest episode of the Advancing Health podcast, Luci New, assistant professor of nurse anesthesia at Wake Forest School of Medicine, talks with AHA’s Jordan Steiger about the most important words a concerned colleague can say: “I care about you.”
AHA podcast: How to drive workplace mental health and well-being
Learn about tools and resources to help hospitals and health systems support workforce well-being.
Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Shame and Sentinel Emotional Events in Health Care
During this webinar, Will Bynum of Duke University School of Medicine discusses strategies that institutional leaders can use to advance shame resilience, shame competence, and shame sensitive practice in healthcare, with the ultimate goals of transforming healthcare culture, optimizing patient safety, and supporting clinician well-being and self-concept development. (Webinar presented April 12, 2023)
Texas court vacates ACA preventive coverage requirement
A district court judge in Texas today vacated nationwide an Affordable Care Act requirement that most group and individual health plans cover certain preventive health services without cost sharing. The Biden Administration is expected to appeal the ruling.
CDC recommends hepatitis B screening for all U.S. adults
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today recommended screening all U.S. adults at least once in their lifetime for hepatitis B using three laboratory tests.