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Via chqdaily | by Deborah Trefts During the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, photos and videos circulated that revealed how healthcare workers were heroically striving to save lives, yet inadequately protected and stretched far beyond their capacities. The pandemic has had a profound effect on the essential healthcare providers [...]

SafeHaven™ released a film today in support of physicians and clinicians who need a safe space to seek help for burnout without fear of repercussions. The Medical Society of Virginia’s SafeHaven program launched in 2020 as an innovative solution to support healthcare providers’ well-being. “No one was supporting our clinicians [...]

See the Harvard Business Review's recent whitepaper on tackling the burnout crisis in healthcare, and how innovations like SafeHaven are helping to create compassionate solutions that improve healthcare workers’ lives. As we look at the future state of health care, leaders have several levers they can pull to address workforce [...]

A statewide initiative has been launched in Virginia that seeks to cut burnout levels among physicians and other health professionals, and it includes a call to remove a major barrier to their well-being—the stigmatizing of those who seek the help of mental health professionals... Read full article at the AMA

A coalition of healthcare organizations in Virginia has launched a new initiative that hopes to cut burnout among physicians and encourage more healthcare workers to receive care from mental health professionals, according to a Jan. 23 report from the American Medical Association. The initiative, "All In: Caring for Virginia's Caregivers," will recognize [...]

Physician burnout is on the rise. Melina Davis is the CEO and executive vice president of the Medical Society of Virginia, and the way she’s changing that dynamic head-on is through her brainchild SafeHaven. Listen to the podcast How Healthcare Revolutionaries Think here. Read the companion piece here.

Ask a healthcare worker why they went into the medical field and you are likely to get a variety of answers, but one reason tends to be given more than any other: to help people. Medicine isn’t glamorous, it can be messy and stressful. Sleepless nights and hours of paperwork [...]

Those on the frontlines of America’s healthcare system have survived medical school and residency, logged in countless hours caring for patients in dire health, and navigated an ever-evolving healthcare system during extraordinary circumstances in recent years. This high-paced and intense environment has led to an increase in behavioral health issues [...]

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