Healthy Work Environments
High quality health care work environments are work settings that take a strategic and comprehensive approach to providing the work environment, job characteristics and organizational supports that maximize the health and quality of work-life of health care providers and internal services employees. High performance work environments have been linked to enhanced organizational performance and evidence shows there is a direct link between effective health care and the healthcare work environment. Strong and compelling leadership is essential to support the transformational change need to improve workplace quality in ways that enhance organizational performance.
The OHA offers tools and resources to support high quality work environments for our health care workers and employers.