title: High-quality healthcare workplaces: a vision and action plan.
abstract: Looking into a future marked by intense competition for talent, growing numbers of employers are striving to create "workplaces of choice." Yet, despite the consensus that health human resources are a vital piece of the healthcare reform puzzle, few health service organizations have developed comprehensive strategies to address work environment issues. The cumulative impact of years of cost-cutting, downsizing and restructuring have left Canada's healthcare workforce demoralized, overworked and coping with working conditions that diminish both the quality of working life and organizational performance.
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D019985:Benchmarking; D002170:Canada; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology; D007857:Leadership; D016272:Occupational Health; D009790:Occupations; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000592:standards*; D017132:Workplace / Q000592:standards*