Validated measurement tool assesses care team wellbeing through a system lens - K. Elliott Higgins III, MD

In this episode of Caring Greatly, K. Elliott Higgins III, MD, is Director of Health and Wellbeing for UCLA’s Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, shares the origin of the Wellbeing Influencers Survey for Healthcare (WISH). The survey initiative began when Dr. Higgins and his team wanted more insight into specific drivers and barriers for wellbeing. He describes the process by which he and his team collaborated with an extended team of content experts to identify the eight critical drivers of team member wellbeing and then validate a set of questions that accurately assess these drivers and reliably predict key outcomes including burnout, intent to leave and professional fulfillment. Finally, Elliott shares the ways that the WISH survey is helping to facilitate culture change and team alignment by creating a shared lexicon and helping teams focus on changes that have the biggest impact on safety and wellbeing. He also outlines the team’s efforts to test the survey’s value in multi-center trials within anesthesia, as well as trials in other specialties, with hopes that the survey will help to improve cultures of care team safety and wellbeing across the healthcare ecosystem. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Stryker.

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