Infusing, sustaining, and replenishing compassion in health care organizations through compassion practices

Source avec lien : Health Care Management Review, Publish Ahead of Print, 3/22/2019. 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000240

Des recherches récentes établissent un lien entre l’utilisation de pratiques de compassion et l’amélioration de l’expérience des patients et du bien-être des employés, mais on sait peu de choses sur la manière dont ces pratiques créent et entretiennent la compassion pour s’attaquer à la souffrance au travail et améliorer la qualité des soins. Cette étude examine la dynamique des pratiques de compassion, en particulier la manière dont ces pratiques créent et maintiennent la compassion dans le travail des aidants.

Background Human suffering is prevalent and costly in health care organizations. Recent research links the use of compassion practices with improved patient experience and employee well-being, but little is known about how these practices create and sustain compassion to address workplace suffering and enhance care quality. Purpose This study examines the dynamics of compassion practices, specifically how compassion practices create and sustain compassion in caregiving work. Methodology We conducted a qualitative field study at two acute care hospitals utilizing three forms of data collection: semistructured interviews, nonparticipant observation, and archival data. Data were analyzed utilizing thematic coding. Results Both organizations attempted to foster workplace compassion through their hiring, socialization, employee support, and rewards practices. Conclusion Organizations enable compassion through common organizational practices that perform three functions: (a) infusing the organization with new members and resources to enact compassion, (b) sustaining compassion by reinforcing its appropriateness in the workplace, and (c) replenishing compassion resources by improving and restoring employee well-being and ability to provide high-quality compassionate care. Practice Implications This study provides managers with a detailed guide for how health care organizations use compassion practices as a managerial tool to address two key challenges: (a) high rates of employee ill-being due to the demanding nature of the work and (b) providing high-quality compassionate care.

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