Using common work environment metrics to improve performance in healthcare organizations

This article proposes a comprehensive framework for assessing, reporting and improving the quality of work environments in healthcare organizations across Canada. Healthy work environments (HWE) contribute to positive outcomes for healthcare employees and physicians. The same HWE ingredients also can reduce operating costs, improve human resource utilization, and ultimately lead to higher quality patient care. […]

Getting a grip on stress

Work stress often gets labelled a 21st century epidemic. However, increased employer attention on creating healthier work environments may be helping to get stress under control.There’s only one way to know whether the stress landscape is changing: track national trends using best available data, which come from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS). The CCHS […]