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Reducing Burnout within a Care Team @ the University of Virginia Health System

During 2018, researchers evaluated three burnout interventions delivered to an eight-member team of adult cystic fibrosis providers at the University of Virginia.  

Innovators

  • Heather M. Bruschwein, PsyD
  • Lucy Gettle, MS, RDN, CNSC

Providing Mental Health Support for Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 @ Montefiore Medical Center

In March 2020, the Montefiore Medical Center (MMC) in and around New York City established a Staff Emotional Support (SES) Team to provide mental health…

Innovators

  • Carol A. Bernstein

Improving Smoking Cessation via Decision Aid

This program at an urban safety net primary care clinic utilized motivational interviewing and a visual, easy-to-understand decision-making aid to promote smoking cessation.

Innovators

  • Sumit D. Agarwal, MD
  • Matthew Kerwin, MD
  • Jacob Meindertsma, MD
  • Andrew Wolf, MD

Implementation of a Workplace Wellness Program @ the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

This randomized control trial (RCT) was conducted between August 9, 2016 to April 26, 2018  at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to determine the impact…

Innovators

  • David Molitor, PhD

Improving Well-Being Among Trainees: A Partnership to Reduce Barriers to Primary Care Services

To support physician wellness, an academic medical center created a concierge scheduling service with telehealth options for medical trainees, improving their perception of  healthcare access…

Innovators

  • Kevin Shah, MD, MBA
  • Catherine Kuhn, MD
  • Christelle Tan, BS
  • John Anderson, MD, MPH
  • Alexander Borun, MD
  • David A. Turner, MD
  • Krista Whalen, BS

Improving Obesity Management via Health Coaching & Video Conferencing @ VA of New York

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) conducted a pilot study of Goals for Eating and Moving (GEM), a primary-care-based weight management program utilizing volunteer student health…

Innovators

  • Clare Viglione, MPH
  • Dylaney Bouwman
  • Nadera Rahman
  • Yixin Fang
  • Jeannette M. Beasley, MPH, PhD
  • Scott Sherman, MD
  • Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MD, MPH
  • Judith Wylie-Rosett, Ed.D, RD
  • Craig Tenner, MD
  • Melanie Jay, MD, MS

Clinical-community linkages as a tool for increasing evidence-based program reach: The PT-REFER study

The PT-REFER study tested an intervention to build the capacity of YMCA associations to conduct outreach to physical therapy clinics about Enhance®Fitness, an evidence-based physical…

Innovators

  • Miruna Petrescu-Prahova, PhD
  • Brian Leroux, PhD
  • Marlana Kohn, MPH
  • Christine Kava, PhD, MA
  • Lesley Steinman, MPH, MSW
  • Maureen Pike, RN, MPH
  • Basia Belza, PhD, RN, FAAN
  • Peggy Hannon, PhD, MPH
  • Jeff Harris, MD, MPH, MBA

Preventing Medical Student Burnout via The Healer’s Art ® @ Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

The Healer’s Art Program is a national program offered by the Remen Institute for the Study of Health and Illness (RISHI) that enables medical students…

Innovators

  • Evangeline Andarsio, MD
  • Rachel Naomi Remen, MD
  • Dean Parmelee, MD
  • John Donnelly, MD
  • Bruce Binder, MD

Team-Based Care @ Bellin Health

The care team at Bellin Health Center holds weekly interdisciplinary meetings for discussion of high-risk patients in order to alleviate health worker burnout and to…

Innovators

  • James Jerzak, MD
  • Kathy Kerscher

Improving Burnout Rates and Attitudes of Primary Care Physicians via an Educational Program in Mindful Communication @ University of Rochester

The innovators implemented a CME course for primary care physicians to address burnout, incorporating mindfulness meditation, narrative medicine, and appreciative inquiry.