Linking Health Professional Well-Being to Clinical Practice
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Healthcare Organizations, Systems, and Providers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2026) | Viewed by 4690
Editor
Interests: burnout; resilience; health professional; well being
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Today half of all health professionals are reporting high levels of burnout, which has a significant impact on their health and well-being, as well as on the quality of care they provide. In other words, two of the biggest challenges that healthcare systems are facing today are the decline in the mental health of their workforce and the increasing number of cases of medical mistakes and patient neglect. Most recent evidence points to the only solution being linking the research agendas of HP well-being and patient safety together.
Therefore, we are pleased to invite you to submit your research this Special Issue on “Linking Health Professional Well-Being to Clinical Practice”.
This Special Issue aims to address the growing realization that healthcare worker well-being, patient outcomes, and organizational change are symbiotic. Burnout and stress in healthcare workers and toxic organizational cultures can lead to a cycle of patient neglect, medical errors, sub-optimal care, and further stress. This Special Issue therefore outlines the ways in which worker well-being, patient outcomes, and organizational change can be aligned to contribute to a healthy workplace and therefore better medical care.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Their research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Health professional burnout;
- Health professional resilience;
- Health professional well-being and patient outcomes, including medical or surgical treatments, disease prognosis, and patients’ quality of life;
- Doctor–patient communication;
- Patient neglect;
- Health professional burnout, health, and mental health (anxiety, depression).
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Efcharis Panagopoulou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- burnout
- resilience
- patient safety
- quality of care
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