Addressing Health Workforce Moral Distress - Challenges and Solutions

Explore the critical issue of healthcare worker shortages and moral distress in this 51-minute conference talk from Aspen Ideas: Health 2023. Delve into the US Surgeon General's Advisory on Building a Thriving Health Workforce, examining the exhausting and demoralizing conditions faced by overworked healthcare professionals. Understand the emotional, physical, and psychological tolls leading to early departures from the field. Discover the potential consequences of this crisis, including reduced access to care, increased healthcare costs, and worsened health disparities. Learn about urgent systemic, institutional, and policy changes needed to address these challenges. Gain insights from a diverse global community of healthcare practitioners, researchers, business leaders, policymakers, advocates, artists, and journalists gathered at the Aspen Institute's Colorado campus to discuss innovative approaches for better health outcomes.