Healing Healthcare: Evidence-Based Strategies to Mend Our Broken System

by Sharon M Weinstein, Dina Readinger

Overview

Healing Healthcare is a poignant exploration of the intricate challenges within the healthcare landscape post-pandemic and solutions for change. Faced with shortages and systemic upheavals, the healthcare system currently teeters on the brink of collapse, prompting responses from a respected group of healthcare professionals who each spotlight evidence-based strategies for recovery. With a diverse set of contributors from academia, practice, and the community, Healing Healthcare is a collaborative effort that serves as a beacon of hope, paving the way for a truly healed and resilient healthcare ecosystem.

At its core, Healing Healthcare amplifies the voices of nurse leaders. This book is filled with the solutions, action steps, and strategies to fix our broken healthcare system, divided into three distinct sections: Workforce, Well-Being, and Wisdom.

Contributors to the Workforce section tackle issues of inequities, incivility, and generational needs, emphasizing the crucial requirement for emotional safety.

Nurses need work settings that promote well-being and meet their needs for a wellness culture, as is explored and made clear in the Well-Being section.

Wisdom moves us beyond common discussions on maximizing patient value as contributors explore education, cultural misalignments, lack of recognition, and uncertainty, providing a nuanced understanding of the challenges faced by healthcare professionals and our next chapter in the healthcare reform space.

Healing Healthcare is for the leader who wants to make an immediate impact. This book is a must-read for healthcare professionals, packed with vetted ideas for change; we urge you to embrace, and be, that change.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781637559666
Publisher:	Amplify Publishing
Publication date:	10/22/2024
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Sharon M. Weinstein, MS, RN, CRNI-R, CSP, FACW, FAAN, brings an impressive four decades of senior executive, clinical, and academic experience to the forefront. As the coauthor with Dina Readinger of Think Differently: 18 Strategies to Fix Broken Thinking, she has written twenty-two books and over 160 peer-reviewed manuscripts. A TEDx Montreal Women presenter, Sharon is also a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. Her extensive work has transcended borders, fostering inclusive cultures of collaboration in the public and private sectors, both nationally and internationally. Her body of work reflects a lifelong commitment to partnering with organizations that want to create a strong workforce, boost workplace engagement, and prioritize staff well-being. Sharon operates as a partner in Design Think LLC.


With a career spanning four decades in healthcare, pharmaceutical, and biotech, Dina Readinger, BS, EMBA, has emerged as a pioneering force behind the creation of Diagnostic Design Thinking. Following her exit from the corporate world in 2015, she has coached hundreds of women executives around the world, introducing them to innovative leadership strategies grounded in Diagnostic Design Thinking. Dina collaborates with CEOs, CFOs, COOs, and HR directors, providing expertise in retention strategies, leadership development, and team performance optimization. Beyond her coaching role, Dina is a distinguished speaker, consultant, certified coach, franchise owner, and coauthor with Sharon Weinstein of Think Differently: 18 Strategies to Fix Broken Thinking. Dina operates as a partner in Design Think LLC.

Editorial Reviews

"This is a beacon of hope for our ailing healthcare system! Healing Healthcare unveils the urgent necessity of prioritizing workforce well-being. Going beyond patient care, it celebrates the fortitude of frontline caregivers, spotlighting nurses. Drawing from diverse voices, it provides actionable strategies and compelling narratives, paving the way for a genuinely healed and resilient healthcare landscape. This is an excellent evidence-based approach to solving an important issue." -DR. RICHARD A. CHAIFETZ, founder, chair, and CEO of ComPsych

"Act now and secure your copy of this impactful book by Sharon and Dina! In the urgent realm of Healing Healthcare, the authors provide timely strategies for today's challenges. As a health executive, I witness the real struggles of healthcare staff, and this book is a crucial catalyst for addressing well-being and creating a psychologically safe environment. Don't miss the opportunity to shape the future of our profession." -LISA LOCHNER, president, Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital

"Healing Healthcare employs gripping stories from twenty-eight nationally recognized contributing authors. Like the authors, the book is remarkable for its wisdom, insight, and honesty in describing solutions for workforce challenges, struggles for well-being, and the knowledge needed for reform. It is a compelling journey of resilience and transformation . . . a must-read." -DONNA HILL HOWES, senior vice president and chief nursing officer, Sharecare

"Healing Healthcare is a transformative journey for the healthcare landscape. With stories from known healthcare leaders, it unveils the stark truths of a broken system. With evidence-based strategies shared by twenty-eight contributors, this book is a captivating invitation to action for leaders and practitioners ready to repair our healthcare system, fostering a future of resilience, respect, and a positive cultural position for communities and the population. An essential read and blueprint for the future of healthcare!" -
NANCY ROLLINS GANTZ, PhD, RN, MBA, MSN, CNEn, CGNC, FFNMRCSI, FAONL, secretary, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing

"It will take HEART change and LOVING evidence-based right action to heal healthcare. It will require that we drive out fear and build trust. It will necessitate high-integrity people leading, serving, loving, and teaching. Healing Healthcare delivers. Brilliant, caring leaders providing tangible and inspirational wisdom positioning all to heal healthcare." -TOM DAHLBORG, president and CEO, Dahlborg HealthCARING Leadership Group, LLC (DHLG)

From the Publisher

2024-07-31
Weinstein and Readinger take a look at problems facing healthcare professionals and suggest ways to fix them.

The authors make it clear from the first line of the introduction that American health care, as it stands right now, is a problem. “We talk a lot about the pandemic and the impact of its aftermath on our healthcare system,” they write. “But our system, although revered as one of the best in the world, has been broken for much longer than three years.” What follows is a blueprint to fix this system, developed using a protocol called Diagnostic Thinking that included one-on-one and group interviews with nurses who pinpointed issues in the health care industry. Those interviews led to the three sections of the book: “Workforce,” addressing problems finding qualified nurses; “Well-Being,” a discussion about taking care of nurses in the workplace; and “Wisdom,” which outlines ideas for accomplishing these goals. Chapters in these sections include topics such as “Creating a Culture of Emotional Safety in Healthcare,” “Inspiring Gen Z to Stay,” “Frontline Nurses…Experiencing Well-Being,” and “Unleashing the Power of Nurses.” The final chapter, “From Ideation to Reality,” is written by Weinstein, a nurse, and includes bulleted ideas (give nurses a voice; promote nurse health; identify needs and solve one problem at a time) that could serve as a call to action for health care leaders. This book isn’t for a general audience—it’s specifically geared toward nurses and other health care professionals and is chock-full of supporting evidence regarding the problems that need to be tackled within the nursing workforce. The text is well-organized and the methodology is spelled out in full, but this is much more an expanded research paper (including 20 pages of endnotes) than it is a highly readable look at the health care industry. But that isn’t what the authors were after—they want to shine a light on some serious problems, and this book certainly does that. It also serves up some answers and suggestions for a way forward to a healthier health care system.

A book for health care professionals packed with information to improve the embattled industry.

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