Organization

Wellbeing Playbook

This playbook is a guide for hospitals and health system leaders. Health system leaders face many challenges today and this impacts may health care providers in a negative way that must be addressed. It is essential that leadership addresses these challenges and stresses.

Commentary:

The seven steps to organizational well-being include:​

1. Create infrastructure for well-being​

2. Engage your team​

3. Measure well-being​

4. Design interventions​

5. Implement programs​

6. Evaluate program impact ​

7. Create a sustainable culture 

Mental Health in the Workplace: An Accommodation Guide for Managers and Staff

Produced by the Canadian Mental Health Association (Ontario division), this guide outlines some key skills that managers in Ontario workplaces should have when presented with an employee who has a mental health concern.

Commentary: “An employee with a mental health problem or disability can be successful in work given appropriate support and accommodation.” (Ontario Human Rights Commission, 2008).

Schwartz Rounds

Offers healthcare providers a regularly scheduled time during their fast-paced work lives to openly and honestly discuss the social and emotional issues they face in caring for patients and families. The focus is on the human dimension of medicine.

Commentary: A comprehensive evaluation has shown that the program has a unique and profound impact on caregivers as well as host organizations (Flanagan et al., 2019).