WELLNESS – GUIDING WHOLE HEALTH & WELL-BEING FOR ALL WHO PROVIDE PATIENT CARE System-Supported by Chief Wellness Officers
After more than a decade of evolution, wellness is gaining traction as a guide to whole health and well-being in the workplace, fueled by a global pandemic and the disruptive burnout it worsened in the healthcare and business sectors. In healthcare, this movement is being advanced by health systems and academic medical centers that have created innovative programs dedicated to its development and sharp focus on healthcare workers and the environment in which they work. It is being led by Chief Wellness and Well-being Officers (CWOs) and Directors, executive leadership positions with a handful of trained professionals in 2018 and a bright future today.