Professional Wellbeing Leadership as Risk Management: Shifting from Individual Resiliency to Systemic Safety

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In this episode, we will discuss why it is time to move workforce professional wellbeing out of the "wellness" silo and into the core of risk management strategy. The conversation explores the limitations of relying solely on individual resiliency and shifts the focus toward how organizational structures can either mitigate or exacerbate risk. By treating wellbeing as a risk management strategy, organizations can proactively address these liabilities. For the ASHRM member, this shift is two-fold: it provides a tactical roadmap for reducing organizational risk and directly supports their own professional wellbeing by fostering a safer, more supported environment. Listeners will gain insights into how to lead their institutions in forming strategic partnerships that accelerate systemic change and ensure that those who provide care are just as protected as those who receive it.

Learning Objectives:

1. Connect Workforce Wellbeing to Organizational Risk: Analyze how burnout and mental health distress across the entire healthcare workforce create measurable liabilities, from increased safety incidents to staffing instability.
2. Reframing Resiliency as a Systemic Property: Discuss the shift from individual resiliency to systems support, illustrating how a system that supports its workers’ wellbeing reduces the volume of adverse events Impacting patient care.
3. Identify and Remove Structural Barriers to Care: Use examples like credentialing reform to demonstrate the removal of institutional barriers that prevent health workers from accessing support.

Speaker:

Stefanie Simmons, MD is the Chief Medical Officer at the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation and a board-certified emergency medicine physician. She was the primary advisor to CDC NIOSH for the Impact WellbeingTM guide for healthcare leaders, leads multi-state programs to improve the operational environment of care and remove barriers to mental health care, and serves as a national thought leader in healthcare worker wellbeing. Stefanie served as the Vice President of Patient and Clinician Experience for Envision over 7 years, serving 26,000 physicians and advanced practice providers with a focus on professional wellbeing, including translational research and programs designed to bring wellbeing best practices to clinical environments. She served as lead clinical faculty for the Clinician Experience Project Wellbeing program.

Stefanie earned her Bachelor of Science and Medical Doctor degrees from University of Michigan and completed residency training at the University of Michigan/St. Joseph Mercy emergency medicine residency. She has completed additional training in medical education, research methods, coaching, and positive organizational psychology.

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