{"id":91970,"date":"2022-10-03T16:52:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T21:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=91970"},"modified":"2022-10-04T08:09:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T13:09:17","slug":"national-plan-for-health-workforce-well-being-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2022\/10\/03\/national-plan-for-health-workforce-well-being-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"National plan for health workforce well-being announced"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Monday, the National Academy of Medicine published its National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being \u2013 a strategic roadmap to better support care providers and safeguard the nation\u2019s health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, who was in Washington, D.C., for the announcement, applauded the plan, saying, \u201cThis will be a day in the history of health care in our nation that is roughly equivalent to the day that ‘To Err is Human’<\/a> was rolled out over 20 years ago.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s significant because “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System,” released in November 1999, is one of the National Academy of Medicine\u2019s (formerly the Institute of Medicine\u2019s) best-known and most frequently cited reports. The report\u2019s recommendations and findings serve as the cornerstone of the patient safety and quality movement throughout the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbated pre-pandemic burdens for health care workers, and this plan helps address how we create a world where patients are cared for by a health workforce that is thriving in an environment that fosters their well-being,\u201d said Dr. Gold, who served as co-leader on NAM\u2019s Working Group on Mobilizing National Stakeholders<\/a>, which helps mobilize and sustain the engagement resources and accountability of key health care stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Built on six years of collaboration among a network of 200-plus organizations and public input, the multidisciplinary national action plan, complete with action steps, will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n