TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of organizational compassion in health care on clinicians
T2 - A scoping review
AU - Pestian, Teresa
AU - Awtrey, Eli
AU - Kanov, Jason
AU - Winick, Naomi
AU - Thienprayoon, Rachel
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Alison Kissling, the medical librarian who assisted greatly with the creation and implementation of our search strategy, and Maria Ashton, who contributed significantly to the design, creation, and submission of grants to fund this work. This project is funded by a Cambia Health Foundation Sojourns Scholar Leadership Development Award for Dr. Thienprayoon.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors. Worldviews on Evidence-based Nursing published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Sigma Theta Tau International.
PY - 2023/8
Y1 - 2023/8
N2 - Background: The unprecedented exodus of workers from the healthcare system is a patient safety crisis. Organizational compassion in health care is the proactive, systematic, and continuous identification, alleviation, and prevention of all sources of suffering. Aims: This scoping review aimed to describe the evidence regarding the impact of organizational compassion on clinicians, identify gaps, and provide recommendations for future research. Methods: A comprehensive librarian-assisted database search was conducted. Databases searched were PubMed, SCOPUS, EMBASE, Web of Science, PsychInfo, and Business Source Complete. Combinations of search terms regarding health care, compassion, organizational compassion, and workplace suffering were used. The search strategy was limited to English language articles and those published between 2000 and 2021. Results: Database search yielded 781 articles. After removing duplicates, 468 were screened by title and abstract, and 313 were excluded. One-hundred and fifty-five underwent full-text screening, and 137 were removed, leaving 18 eligible articles, two of which were set in the United States. Ten articles evaluated barriers or facilitators to organizational compassion, four evaluated elements of compassionate leadership, and four evaluated the Schwartz Center Rounds intervention. Several described the need to create systems that are compassionate to clinicians. Lack of time, support staff, and resources impeded the delivery of such interventions. Linking evidence to action: Little research has been done to understand and evaluate the impact of compassion on US clinicians. Given the workforce crisis in American health care and the potential positive impact of increasing compassion for clinicians, there is an urgent need for researchers and healthcare administrators to fill this gap.
AB - Background: The unprecedented exodus of workers from the healthcare system is a patient safety crisis. Organizational compassion in health care is the proactive, systematic, and continuous identification, alleviation, and prevention of all sources of suffering. Aims: This scoping review aimed to describe the evidence regarding the impact of organizational compassion on clinicians, identify gaps, and provide recommendations for future research. Methods: A comprehensive librarian-assisted database search was conducted. Databases searched were PubMed, SCOPUS, EMBASE, Web of Science, PsychInfo, and Business Source Complete. Combinations of search terms regarding health care, compassion, organizational compassion, and workplace suffering were used. The search strategy was limited to English language articles and those published between 2000 and 2021. Results: Database search yielded 781 articles. After removing duplicates, 468 were screened by title and abstract, and 313 were excluded. One-hundred and fifty-five underwent full-text screening, and 137 were removed, leaving 18 eligible articles, two of which were set in the United States. Ten articles evaluated barriers or facilitators to organizational compassion, four evaluated elements of compassionate leadership, and four evaluated the Schwartz Center Rounds intervention. Several described the need to create systems that are compassionate to clinicians. Lack of time, support staff, and resources impeded the delivery of such interventions. Linking evidence to action: Little research has been done to understand and evaluate the impact of compassion on US clinicians. Given the workforce crisis in American health care and the potential positive impact of increasing compassion for clinicians, there is an urgent need for researchers and healthcare administrators to fill this gap.
KW - burnout
KW - clinician
KW - compassion
KW - health care
KW - organizational compassion
KW - suffering
KW - well-being
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U2 - 10.1111/wvn.12664
DO - 10.1111/wvn.12664
M3 - Article
C2 - 37340547
AN - SCOPUS:85162703857
SN - 1545-102X
VL - 20
SP - 290
EP - 305
JO - Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing
JF - Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing
IS - 4
ER -