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The Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation is working to build a community of support for both the impacted clinicians and their families. #shinethelight

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Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
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RT @AHAPhysAlliance: New Boardroom Brief highlights the role of the trustee in organizational well-being: @drbreenh….
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Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
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Working with @NIOSH, we learned improving health workers’ mental health means addressing systemic drivers of burnout and barriers to #mentalhealth care. Caring for Caregivers + Wellbeing First Champions help orgs do just that. Full story @CBSNews:
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Efforts to decrease alarmingly high rates of suicide among construction workers and prevent burnout in health care workers are in jeopardy.
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Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
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The PA State Boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine were recently recognized as Wellbeing First Champions. Congrats to all Champions in the state for protecting #healthcare workforce #mentalhealth: @GeisingerHealth @WellSpan @AHNtoday . Read more
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Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
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The Healing Tapestry is a new podcast featuring #nurses sharing their #mentalhealth stories. Thank you to our Ambassador Kristin and her co-host Jennifer for creating a vital space where connection fosters healing and hope. Listen now: #shinethelight
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Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
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Our CMO Dr. Simmons joined @InspirAdvantage to share tips for aspiring health workers to protect their mental health, including early burnout prevention & healthy habits, as well as strategies we can adopt to help #stopthestigma. Read more:
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Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
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In @EngageForWomen, our CEO Corey shares Lorna’s story—and why we’re fighting to reauthorize the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act. 🧠 Read more: #ALLINforWellbeing #shinethelight.
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Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
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Nearly 1 in 3 physicians work 60+ hrs/week, compared to just 5% of U.S. workers. Even after adjusting for hours and demographics, burnout and poor work-life integration remain higher in medicine. More on the the latest #PhysicianBurnout data from @AmerMedicalAssn:.
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Why are doctors so burnt out? What causes burnout in health care? Is there a National Burnout Study? Michael Tutty, PhD, group vice president of Professional Satisfaction and Practice Sustainability at #OurAMA answers these questions and more.
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Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
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Thanks to advocates like Ellie Laughlin, who testified in favor with @COAFP, Colorado passed a bill removing licensing questions about past #mentalhealth conditions that no longer affect care! . Want to advocate? .🤝 .✍️
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Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
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William West Jr. was a doctor in training who died by suicide. His family hopes to change systems that stigmatize getting help. Watch their story, and ask Congress to reauthorize the Lorna Breen Act
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Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
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RT @JudyKurtz: Wyle is leading a panel with frontline health care workers: “I've spent the bulk of my adult life playing an emergency room….
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Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
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Thank you @wearfigs for bringing Noah and his mom’s voice to DC to advocate for the #LornaBreenAct and other vital policies supporting health workers’ wellbeing—by reducing administrative burdens, expanding #mentalhealth care access, and more. #ALLINforwellbeing #ReauthorizeLBA.
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CBS Mornings
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Actor Noah Wyle and his mom, nurse Marjorie Wyle-Katz, are in Washington, D.C., speaking with lawmakers about policy changes that could help with burnout and staffing shortages among health care workers: “The trickle down of these things not being enacted will affect all of us
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Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
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"Without a supported, protected and fairly treated workforce, there is no patient care." . Join us, @wearfigs and Noah Wyle in urging Congress to reauthorize and fund the Lorna Breen Act: #mentalhealth #reauthorizelba .
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Noah Wyle is heading to the pit of political power, with a visit to Capitol Hill to push for funding for programs aimed at improving mental health services for health care workers. “The Pitt&…
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Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
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Noah Wyle spotlights the healthcare #burnout crisis in.@USATODAY. Supporting #healthworkers' mental health means better wellbeing and care for all. 📣 Reauthorize and fund the Lorna Breen Act: .📰 Read the full article:.
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I am honored to play a doctor on 'The Pitt' and also honored to advocate for the medical workers, doctors and nurses who deserve more support.
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Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
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Congrats to @UWMedicine on receiving the Wellbeing First Champions Challenge badge this morning! Thank you for taking this crucial step of removing outdated, stigmatizing mental health and SUD questions from credentialing forms. #WellBeingFirst #StoptheStigma
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Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
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Stigma prevents too many nurses from seeking mental health care. In Nursing Management, Dr. William Carson highlights the Pathway to Excellence® framework + the work of @AllIn4WellBeing to remove barriers to getting help. 📖
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Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
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In this episode of "Stand Up (for) Doctors!", ambassador Kim Downey joins our CEO Corey Feist and CMO Dr. Stef Simmons to discuss how our #HealthWorkersHavetheRightToo initiative empowers those who care for us to seek mental health care without fear:.
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Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
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In @Medscape, @MelHerbert discusses how the emotional toll of emergency medicine piles up shift after shift, and the need to unpack trauma. And, ICYMI, you can also check out his podcast with our CMO, Dr. Stef Simmons:
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Podcast Episode · Dirty White Coat · 05/05/2025 · 23m
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Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
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Congrats to the 635 hospitals who are Wellbeing First Champions! Thank you for making it safer for 274,000 credentialed health workers to seek #mentalhealth care. #stopthestigma #ALLINforMentalHealth
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Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
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Congrats to the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners for being a Wellbeing First Champion! Thank you for making it safer for 28,000+ dental professionals to seek mental health care. #stopthestigma #ALLINforMentalHealth
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Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
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Congrats to the 7 state pharmacy boards now recognized as Wellbeing First Champions! Thank you for making it safer for 125,000+ pharmacy professionals to seek #mentalhealth care. #stopthestigma #ALLINforMentalHealth
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