Yes, And: When Employers Spotlight Workplace Well-Being, Outcomes Improve

06/24/24 • 32 min

Workplace well-being can only be achieved when the entire team – from leadership to specialists and everyone in between – works collaboratively with trust and commitment towards shared goals.

In this episode of the Business Group on Health podcast, we speak with Tim Cunningham, Interim Executive Director of Clowns Without Borders and former Co-Chief Well-being Officer at Emory Healthcare. Tim’s professional experience took him from clown to nurse to health care executive, and in this podcast he shares how his unique background informed his current focus on workplace well-being. Tim shares how leaders, including Chief Well-being Officers, can drive the cultural changes that impact employee well-being and professional fulfillment, ultimately improving outcomes.

Guest: Tim Cunningham | DrPH, Interim Executive Director, Clowns Without Borders USA

Workplace well-being can only be achieved when the entire team – from leadership to specialists and everyone in between – works collaboratively with trust and commitment towards shared goals.

Guest: Tim Cunningham | DrPH, Interim Executive Director, Clowns Without Borders USA

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90% of Adults Meet Criteria for This Serious Syndrome: Understanding CKM

Following 50 years of steady decline, cardiovascular mortality rates began to plateau in the past decade. Alarmingly, this plateau recently became an uptick, which many believe is due in part to cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome – a disease that 90% of adults meet criteria for but many may not have heard of.

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More Information:
Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association – https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001184

PREVENT Online Calculator:
https://professional.heart.org/en/guidelines-and-statements/prevent-calculator

Guest: Dr. Chiadi Ndumele, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Cardiologist, Johns Hopkins University

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Thank you to the episode sponsor Color Health.