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  • Family of Dr. Lorna Breen pushes for mental health protections for physicians

    Published On: March 30, 2021Categories: News

    The family of Dr. Lorna Breen, an emergency physician working on the front lines of the pandemic who died of suicide, is working with Congress to introduce legislation that would make it easier for physicians to seek out mental healthcare. At the state level, licensing boards are also reevaluating application [...]

  • Centra Medical Group (CMG) First in the Nation to Offer its Physicians and PAs the SafeHaven™ Program

    Published On: February 17, 2021Categories: News

    CMG completes trial and fully launches unique program supported by MSV and VITAL WorkLife. RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- To support the needs of physicians and PAs struggling with stress, burnout and the effects of COVID-19, the Medical Society of Virginia (MSV) launched the clinician well-being program, SafeHaven™. SafeHaven™ was created by [...]

  • New program helps Virginia medical workers find mental health support

    Published On: December 15, 2020Categories: News

    RICHMOND, Va. -- Unprecedented levels of burnout in the field of medicine were reported well before the COVID-19 pandemic started in Virginia. The virus has only exacerbated the critical and immediate need to help our frontline workers. In March, Governor Ralph Northam signed legislation establishing the SafeHaven™, MSV’s Physician Well Being [...]

  • Terri Babineau column: COVID-19, health care workers and their mental health

    Published On: May 10, 2020Categories: News

    These are extraordinary times for the entire world, and especially for health care workers. The effects of COVID-19 not only will change the delivery of health care services; they will change the health care workers who are providing care. Many health care employees are silently struggling. We all need support [...]