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The Joint Commission (TJC)
The Joint Commission (TJC) has a dedicated portal to share informative and useful resources regarding preventing workplace violence in healthcare settings.
- Sentinel Event Alert: Physical and Verbal Violence Against Healthcare Workers
- Sentinel Event Alert: The Essential Role of Leadership in Developing a Safety Culture
- 11 Tenets of a Safety Culture
- The Incident Decision Tree: Guidelines for Action Following Patient Safety Incidents
- Bullying Has no Place in Healthcare
CDC Workplace Health Resource Center (WHRC)
CDC Workplace Health Resource Center is a one-stop shop for workplace health promotion that gives employers resources to create a healthy work environment.
Learn more about all of the CDC’s healthy worker resources here
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
IHI created a white paper to serve as a guide for healthcare organizations to engage in a participative process where leaders ask colleagues at all levels of the organization, “What matters to you?” — enabling them to better understand the barriers to joy in work, and co-create meaningful, high-leverage strategies to address these issues.
The Greater Good Science Center (GGSC)
The Greater Good Science Center (GGSC) at the University of California, Berkeley, studies the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of wellbeing, and teaches skills that foster a thriving, resilient, and compassionate society.
Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has a series of guidelines and “roadmap” documents – many especially relevant to healthcare – to assist workplaces address the issue of violence.
- Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Healthcare and Social Service Workers
- Preventing Workplace Violence: A Road Map for Healthcare Facilities
- Workplace Violence Prevention and Related Goals: The Big Picture
- Workplace Violence in Healthcare: Understanding the Challenge
- OSHA's Hospital e-Tools
The Mayo Clinic Conducted a Study on Overall Healthcare Worker Well-being
The Mayo Clinic conducted a study that demonstrates that a 12-week in-person stress management and resilience intervention led to a statistically important and clinically meaningful improvement in happiness, satisfaction with life, and gratitude in healthcare workers.
Map Out a Plan to Approach Alzheimer’s
When facing Alzheimer’s disease, there are a lot of things to consider. Alzheimer’s Navigator helps guide Caregivers to answers by creating a personalized action plan and linking you to information, support and local resources
A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease raises many questions. The Alzheimer’s Navigator — a free online tool designed specifically for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers — helps guide you to answers by creating customized action plans and providing access to information, support and local resources.
The PatientCareLink‘s Healthcare Safety Page
The PatientCareLink’s Healthcare Safety page lists resources, current laws and regulations, as well as best practices for hospitals to use to craft their own healthcare safety programs.
Cigna – Creating a Workplace Wellness Committee: A Toolkit for Employers
This toolkit has helpful tips, tools and resources you can use to recruit, organize and manage an effective in-house wellness committee that drives results.