IHI Framework for Improving Joy in Work.

Perlo J, Balik B, Swensen S, Kabcenell A, Landsman J, Feeley D. Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2017.

Leadership has a responsibility to establish a culture that fosters staff and clinician well-being as a key component of patient safety. This white paper highlights the importance of enabling joy at work, reviews examples of organizations that have tested strategies to improve joy in work, and provides measurement tools to monitor the effect of initiatives over time. A past PSNet interview discussed joy in practice and physician professional satisfaction.

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