Headlines have chronicled the devastating impact of COVID-19 on health care workers. Since the pandemic began, 18 percent of health care workers have quit; another 12 percent were laid off. Employee engagement and satisfaction are down. Most distressing, COVID-19 has killed anywhere from 80,000 to 180,000 health workers worldwide.
“The past year has been a nightmare,” said Kate Tulenko, a health workforce expert who is CEO and founder of Corvus Health in Washington, DC. “I saw my fellow health workers suffering from overwork, fatigue, burnout and psychological stress.”
