Caring for the caregivers: How health systems are building benefits strategies with mental health at the core

Health systems spend their days caring for patients, but the people delivering that care are under strain of their own. Nearly half of hospital staff said they're in "survival mode," navigating rising mental health needs, caregiving pressures and demanding clinical environments. Yet support often stops at access. EAPs have long supported workplace mental health, but low engagement remains a significant barrier.

For benefits leaders, the distance between what's offered and what's used has become one of the clearest opportunities — and risks — in the entire strategy.

Eric Parmenter, PhD, MBA, CEBS, SPHR, Vice President of Health Systems at Quantum Health joined a panel of health system leaders to explore what it takes to build a benefits strategy with mental health at its core. This webinar covers how to close the access-to-outcomes gap, simplify a complex benefits experience through stronger navigation and care coordination and make the business case for mental health investment in a cost-pressured environment.

We covered:

• How leading health systems are increasing engagement beyond traditional EAPs 
• Ways healthcare navigation and care coordination improve the employee experience 
• Strategies for improving health outcomes while demonstrating ROI