UMB Digital Archive

Scholarship & History

The UMB Digital Archive is a service of the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HSHSL) that collects, preserves, and distributes the academic works of the University of Maryland, Baltimore. It is a place that digitally captures the historical record of the campus.

 

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Recent Submissions

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    Provost Roger J. Ward Joins USM on Interim Basis
    (2026-05-28) Jarrell, Bruce E.
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    Le Baume d'Acier 2
    (1825)
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    Reimagining Healthcare Sustainability: Why "Not Burned Out" is the Wrong Goal
    (Vital Worklife, 2026-04-21) Bell, Derek
    For years, healthcare leadership has treated burnout as a problem to be "fixed" or a metric to be mitigated. However, as the industry faces a deepening talent war, it is becoming clear that the absence of burnout is not the same as the presence of health. To build a sustainable future, we must move beyond simple mitigation and embrace clinician flourishing as a strategic asset. The True Cost of Inaction The financial implications of professional distress are no longer speculative. The U.S. healthcare system loses approximately $4.6 billion annually due to physician turnover and reduced clinical hours. With 43% of healthcare workers reporting professional distress, the status quo is a direct threat to organizational infrastructure. Retention is now a matter of flourishing rather than just salary; 33% of clinicians identify well-being as a primary driver in their career transitions. To compete, organizations must pivot from reactive support to proactive, whole-person cultivation.
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    Suicide Prevention: 6 Assumptions That Keep Healthcare Systems Stuck (and How to Lead Differently)
    (Vital WorkLife, 2026-03-18) Wojnar, Christopher
    Healthcare leaders care deeply about their people. Over the past several years, our awareness of clinician burnout, moral injury, and suicide risk has grown substantially. National data confirms that certain healthcare roles experience elevated suicide risk compared to the general population. Federal investments — including the reauthorization of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act through 2030 — reflect a national recognition that clinician well-being requires sustained system-level attention. But awareness alone does not prevent suicide. It is time to ask the harder question: Where are well-intentioned systems still unintentionally stuck? Across healthcare organizations, predictable high-risk windows emerge where distress can rapidly escalate. This is especially true during the “peri-job-loss” period — impending termination, forced leave, licensure threats — and related role-loss events. Investigation narratives show that job-related stressors for nurses and physicians often converge around threatened work status, substance use, and legal or financial pressures.
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