Preventing a parallel pandemic - a national strategy to protect clinicians' well-being.

Victor J Dzau; Darrell Kirch; Thomas J Nasca

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Preventing a parallel pandemic - a national strategy to protect clinicians' well-being.

June 10, 2020

Dzau VJ, Kirch D, Nasca TJ. N Engl J Med. 2020;383(6):513-515.

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This commentary discusses the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on the physical, emotional, and mental health on the healthcare workforce and outlines five high-priority actions at the organizational- and national level to protect the health and wellbeing of the healthcare workforce during and after the pandemic.

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