Category: COVID-19 for Employers

Communication and providing resiliency programs are both major suggestions to maintain morale amongst staff.

There are steps health systems can take to address the increased need to focus on employee stress, fatigue, and exhaustion.

Hospitals continue to add more jobs after several major subsystems furloughed and laid off workers at the onset of the pandemic in March.

Experts say cyberattacks are on the rise, and will only get worse if problems aren't fixed.

Many U.S. hospitals and health systems have furloughed staff to help offset revenue losses from the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, some are starting to bring furloughed workers back as they resume nonemergency procedures and medical appointments.

Without the proper support, residents and other clinicians cannot be expected to sacrifice so greatly for an indeterminate amount of time.

Self-care and mindfulness, which can foster patience, tolerance, and hope, were recommended by the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder to manage healthcare workers COVID-19-related stress.

As in-person visits become a viable option for patients again, healthcare leaders are questioning the sustainability of virtual care.

Unavailability of protective gear, inadequate testing, and the risk of spreading the virus by discharged patients are primary concerns as extreme pandemic burnout persists among healthcare workers.

With COVID-19 still rampant, health systems and EMS providers are partnering in mobile integrated health programs that stress telehealth and mHealth in the home.