Reducing the Friction in Health Care

The challenges with clinician burnout and lack of joy at work existed before COVID-19. In 2017, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement published a widely read white paper titled, The IHI Framework for Improving Joy at Work.1 One of the leadership strategies recommended in this work was identifying the unique impediments to joy in work in the local context. The goal was for leaders to work with staff to identify impediments in daily work —the "pebbles in their shoes"—and then set priorities and address them together.
Source: Nurse Leader - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research