Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
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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
Joined June 2020
Our health workers show up for us even on our worst days. Will you show up for them? This #GivingTuesday, donate to return that commitment and accelerate the change needed to provide health workers with mental health care access: https://t.co/VVrL0LNwZJ
#Commit2OurCaregivers
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I speak with Corey Feist, JD, MBA, Co-Founder and CEO of @drbreenheroes, about how this non-profit protects the mental health of our healthcare workers. Premiering on Think Tank: Sat. 8:30 am @myNJPBS; 12:30 pm @thirteenWNET Sun. 8:30 am, 11:30 am @myNJPBS; 10:30 am #News12+
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Too many health workers struggle with burnout, depression and other #MentalHealth challenges. While health workers care for their communities, they must be able to care for themselves and seek out support. Hear more in a new conversation with #JNJ EVP Vanessa Broadhurst and
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“You can’t out-train the need for rest.” Dr. Stefanie Simmons of the @drbreenheroes Foundation on why solving burnout means fixing the system — not the people. 🎧 New #OffTheChartPodcast: https://t.co/5oWQZeYZYw Apple: https://t.co/7nP2bjuPf7 Spotify: https://t.co/uCkAdrNRHy
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Now, because of efforts by the @drbreenheroes’ Foundation, more than 2 million of our country’s 22 million health workers can access mental health support without fear of professional repercussions. https://t.co/pSOfwMjzsa
#SuicidePreventionMonth @ALLIN4WellBeing
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New Boardroom Brief highlights the role of the trustee in organizational well-being: https://t.co/KxWK4CwWdc
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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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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 https://t.co/oBKhz8mx0B
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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: https://t.co/nlIrGfaoDk
#shinethelight
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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: https://t.co/F3xD2NipSh
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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: https://t.co/v8okzqWQ1g
#ALLINforWellbeing #shinethelight
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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:
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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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? 🤝 https://t.co/2xjQnCpMs4 ✍️ https://t.co/7Yu6JoDRPo
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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 https://t.co/TCxgu8vhDX
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Wyle is leading a panel with frontline health care workers: “I've spent the bulk of my adult life playing an emergency room physician, but I am here today with the people who really do the work for a living, and to share some of the pressures and struggles that they face.”
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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
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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"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: https://t.co/TCxgu8vhDX
#mentalhealth #reauthorizelba
https://t.co/ZYzJGQg30p
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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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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: https://t.co/TCxgu8vhDX 📰 Read the full article: https://t.co/aqqx5GHwSA
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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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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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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. 📖 https://t.co/01zGoRPe1D
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