Hospital Worker’s Wellbeing Matters

Date:  23 February 2021
Host:  IHF
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As the COVID-19 pandemic progressed, the scale of distress among healthcare workers has become alarming. It is widely recognized that healthcare professionals need enhanced support to help mitigate the effects of the pandemic on their current and future wellbeing.   

IHF partnered with ISQua to provide its members and the wider community a global perspective on healthcare workers’ wellbeing and an opportunity to hear innovative interventions from healthcare leaders from around the globe. Participants shared their experiences, ideas and challenges and learned about solutions from other industries. 

Hosts / speakers

Health Workforce
World Health Organization

Jim Campbell

Director

Jim Campbell is the director of the Health Workforce department at the World Health Organization. He oversees the development and implementation of global public goods,...

Stephen Costello

Spectrum.Life

Stephen Costello

CEO and Co Founder

Stephen Costello is the CEO and Co Founder of Spectrum.Life, one of the largest providers of health and wellbeing solutions across the Workplace, Insurance, Student...

Simon Hand

Vodafone Ireland

Simon Hand

Head of Reward and Organisational Effectiveness

Simon is the Head of Reward and Organisational Effectiveness at Vodafone Ireland.  He is responsible for all aspects of Total Reward policy and design to...

Dr. Lallu Joseph

Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Dr Lallu Joseph

Quality Manager & Associate General Superintendent

Dr. Lallu Joseph is the Associate General Superintendent, Quality Manager and Accreditation Co-ordinator of Christian Medical College, Vellore, India -- the largest hospital in India...

Dr. Adolfo Llinás Volpe

Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia

Dr Adolfo Llinás Volpe

Chief Medical Officer

Adolfo Llinás, is Chief Medical Officer at Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, a staff member of the Adult Reconstructive Surgery Section of the Department of...

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The University of Hong Kong​, Shenzhen Hospital

Prof. Anne Lee

Deputy Hospital Chief Executive, The University of Hong Kong​ - Shenzhen Hospital
Clinical Professor and Head of the Department of Clinical Oncology, The University of Hong Kong​

Prof. Anne Lee is currently the Clinical Professor and Head of the Department of Clinical Oncology, the University of Hong Kong, and Alice Ho Miu...

Mary Nash

Organization Development and Learning, NYU Langone Health, USA

Mary Nash

Vice President

Mary Nash, PhD, is vice president, Organization Development and Learning, for NYU Langone Health, a four-hospital, 42,000+ employee academic health system headquartered in New York....

Prof. Marc Noppen
CEO
University Hospital UZ Brussel, Belgium

Prof. Marc Noppen

CEO

He is an MD Internist/Pulmonologist by training and holds a PhD in Health Sciences from the VUB in 1996, a degree in Pharmacoeconomics from University...

Dr. Paul Pendler

JP Morgan Chase & Company Employee Assistance and Work Life Program, USA

Dr Paul Pendler

Vice-President

Paul Pendler, is a board-certified, clinical psychologist and a Vice-President for the JPMorgan Chase & Company Employee Assistance and Work Life Program (EAP). He consults...

Noah Wubishet Ayele

Ethiopian Ministry of Health-COVID case management

Noah Wubishet Ayele

Counseling Psychologist and the Co-ordinator of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Taskforce

Noah Wubishet Ayele is a Counseling Psychologist and the Co-ordinator of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Taskforce, Ethiopian Ministry of Health-COVID case management. Facing...

Helen Crisp

Independent Consultant in Healthcare Improvement

Helen Crisp

Editor BMJ Open Quality
Chair of Trustees PROMPT Maternity Foundation

Helen is an experienced manager, trainer, writer and editor with over 30 years’ experience in the health and social care sector. In April 2017, she...

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