Substance use, mental health, burnout and acute trauma from the COVID-19 pandemic have created a noxious environment for health care workers. Read more about this here.

While many are trying to return to normal, health care workers are stuck in the latest surge of COVID-19. As the pandemic continues, health care workers are facing another obstacle to their physical and mental health: patients.

While we wish we were at #HIMSS21 in person, we were excited to join in virtually for some awesome sessions on burnout and women in medicine. Check out some of our highlights of the conference in this latest blog post.

Is technology complicit in causing physician burnout, or could it be the solution? Is it possible that it is both?

Janae Sharp sat down with Rhonda Collins, DNP, RN, FAAN, the Chief Nursing Officer of Vocera, to talk about nurses and mental health. Vocera was the winner of the 2020 Sharp Index award for Best Health Tech Company to Reduce Physician Burnout and was recognized their excellence in improving hands free communication for healthcare workers.