Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
Awarded recognition as a 2024 Well-Being First Champion by the Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation.
BeWellMED
Improving the well-being and professional fulfillment of our employed and independently affiliated Corewell Health physicians and APPs.
Physician and APP well-being at Corewell Health
Physician and APP health and well-being is vitally important to our health care system and our community. The costs of burnout include poorer quality of care for our patients, higher turnover of our physicians and APPs, and increased risk of depression, anxiety, and suicide. Corewell Health is invested in improving the well-being of physicians and APPs through tailored programs and initiatives.
Stanford model for professional fulfillment
Our approach follows the Stanford Professional Fulfillment Model to advance the well-being of physicians and those they serve. This framework places shared responsibility on the organization, department, and team as well as on the individual.
Culture of wellness
Organizational work environment, values, and behaviors that promote self-care, personal and professional growth, and compassion for ourselves, our colleagues, and our patients.
Efficiency of practice
Workplace systems, processes, and practices that promote safety, quality, effectiveness, positive patient and colleague interactions, and work-life balance.
Personal resilience
Individual skills, behaviors, and attitudes that contribute to personal physical, emotional, and social well-being, including the prevention of burnout.
Our BeWellMED team provides centralized coordination, development, and implementation of programs and initiatives designed to support well-being within our system by:
- Endorsing the health and well-being of our health care professionals and learners as a core value and cultural norm
- Using the Well-Being Index to longitudinally measure well-being
- Using data to deploy targeted interventions in high-need areas
- Implementing changes to improve the efficiency of practice and reduce clerical burden for physicians
- Establishing new programs that provide caregiver support and create community
- Improving access to and decreasing stigma towards mental health care
Our programs and initiatives
Mental health support
Well-being champion network
The Well-Being Index
Well-being check-in
Caregiver peer support program
Practice wellness sessions
MED+UP program
Physician and APP coaching program
Wellness Wednesdays
Mindfulness resources
Additional key resources
More about us
Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
Awarded recognition as a 2024 Well-Being First Champion by the Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation.
National Academy of Medicine
Recognized by the National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience as an organization that is committed to improving well-being and reducing clinician burnout.
Joy in Medicine
Recognized by the AMAs 2021 and 2023 Joy in Medicine Health System Recognition Program for our efforts to support physician well-being and reduce burnout.
Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
Awarded recognition as a 2024 Well-Being First Champion by the Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation.
National Academy of Medicine
Recognized by the National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience as an organization that is committed to improving well-being and reducing clinician burnout.
Joy in Medicine
Recognized by the AMAs 2021 and 2023 Joy in Medicine Health System Recognition Program for our efforts to support physician well-being and reduce burnout.
Physician and APP well-being
Team members can access our internal page to learn more about our programs and meet our coaches.