The health care system must make it easier for providers to seek out mental health care, federal officials say.
in the health care workforce aims to make it easier for providers to get mental health care without fear it could jeopardize their careers.The new plan from a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention comes amid heightened scrutiny of the routine practice of asking workers in high-stress professions about their mental health.who was charged with trying to bring down a flight spotlighted the challenges pilots face if they seek mental health help.
"What we're launching formally is the emphasis on the employer, the manager, the frontline supervisor, the health system CEO: look at the way you're organizing the work," he said.Some of the solutions are right under employers' noses, said J. Corey Feist, president of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes Foundation.
"There's been this incredible influx of capital expenses borne by hospital systems over the last 10 or 15 years, yet there has been very little investment in optimizing that tool for the workforce itself," he said.It's still important to consider whether health workers' mental health concerns may impair their ability to currently perform their job, Feist said.
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