Creating Wellness in a Pandemic: A Practical Framework for Health Systems Responding to Covid-19
March 24, 2021 NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery
Psychological distress due to COVID-19 can have both short- and long-term impacts on hospital staff. Rush University Medical Center has created a simple and practical framework to promote staff well-being during COVID-19. This framework has been designed to be generalizable so that it can be used in other similar types of health care crises.
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COVID-19 wellness resources Organizational wellness Crisis management
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