Healthy Workforce

The Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association strongly supports the goals of having a healthy workforce. Our efforts range from providing the necessary immunizations to working to ensure a safe working environment for staff and patients.

MHA’s quality and patient safety website, PatientCareLink.org, has extensive information on hospital and other healthcare providers’ efforts to promote safe working environments. Click here to go to the PCL Workplace Safety pages.
01.20.2020  | Cardinal Health Surgical Gowns to Be Recalled
There is a “voluntary product hold” and pending nationwide recall of surgical gowns distributed by Cardinal Health of Dublin, Ohio.
11.25.2019  | McLean Hospital’s Maurasse Wins Schwartz Center Award
Sophia L. Maurasse, M.D., the medical director of McLean Hospital’s 3East Girls Intensive and Step-Down Programs, has received the Schwartz Center’s National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year Award.
11.04.2019  | Nurse Workforce Efforts in D.C. and on Beacon Hill
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed H.R. 728, The Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act.
10.28.2019  | National Academies Confirms Doctor/R.N. Burnout is Serious
The National Academies of Sciences, has issued a report showing that as many as half the nation’s doctors and nurses experience substantial symptoms of burnout.
10.07.2019  | Worksite Wellness Council Announces Employer Award Winners
The Worksite Wellness Council of Massachusetts has announced the winners of its annual WorkWell Massachusetts Awards.
09.30.2019  | Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital Achieves “Magnet” Status
The American Nurses Credentialing Center has designated Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital as a “Magnet” facility.
08.19.2019  | Safe Patient Handling Conference
The Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Massachusetts Nurses Association, is pleased to host an all-day, hospital-based safe patient handling program on Friday, Sept
08.12.2019  | Lehman Center Issues Expert Panel Report on Emergency Department Safety
The Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety released a new report Thursday offering recommendations to aid and bolster safety improvement efforts in Massachusetts emergency departments (EDs).
07.15.2019  | Hospitals Push Hard for Workplace Safety Legislation
MHA’s priority legislation on workplace safety was the subject of a hearing before the Joint Committee on Labor & Workforce Development last Tuesday.
07.01.2019  | Schwartz Center Announces “Compassion in Action” Sept. Program
The Schwartz Center’s Compassion in Action Healthcare Conference takes place Sunday through Tuesday, September 8-10 at the Westin Boston Waterfront.
04.29.2019  | Offering Peer Support to Clinicians/Staff Involved in Adverse Events
Fifteen Massachusetts hospitals and outpatient practices have joined a pilot program aimed at helping clinicians and staff members who have been involved in an event that harmed a patient.
03.11.2019  | During Patient Safety Week, Patient Safety Takes Many Forms
This week, March 10 through 16 is Patient Safety Awareness Week.
03.10.2019  | During Patient Safety Week, Patient Safety Takes Many Forms
This week, March 10 through 16 is Patient Safety Awareness Week.
02.04.2019  | Betsy Lehman Center Takes a Look at Physician Burnout
The January edition of the Betsy Lehman Center’s monthly newsletter, Patient Safety Beat, features a story on the challenge of physician burnout.
01.21.2019  | MHA Endorses Workplace Violence Prevention Legislation
MHA is filing legislation to etch into law rules to help foster safer hospital workplaces.
01.21.2019  | New Study Makes Recommendations to Address Clinician Burnout
A new paper released last week has raised the alarm on the pervasive problem of physician burnout.
12.03.2018  | Webinar Provides Up-Close Look at Violence and Violence Prevention
Recently, a national webinar hosted by the AHA’s Health Research and Educational Trust (HRET) featured MHA and Harrington Healthcare System’s Elise Wilson, R.N., who was violently attacked while caring for a patient.
12.03.2018  | Clinician and Staff Peer Support Program
The Betsy Lehman Center is seeking five pilot hospitals to participate in creating a peer support program to help clinicians and other staff deal with medical errors and other unexpected patient outcomes.
11.19.2018  | Hospitals Provide Wellness Programs to Their Workers
Recently the Worksite Wellness Council of Massachusetts (WWCMA) announced the winners of its annual WorkWell Massachusetts Awards program.
11.12.2018  | MHA Safety Summit Set for Tuesday, Dec. 4
Details are quickly coming together for the important MHA 2018 Healthcare Safety Summit at MHA’s Conference Center in Burlington on Tuesday, Dec. 4.

Resources

Click on the link below for timely webinars, articles, toolkits and more with information on stress management, self-care, and caregiver support. (April 2020)