This ECHO will equip employers to make their workplaces ones where employees feel supported, unafraid to share their struggles, and to receive the support they need from their employer to be a good employee and, most importantly, get better.
Jacqueline A. Pogue, MPH, MAEmployers who address substance use and mental health in the workplace have healthier employees, increased productivity and profits, and fewer injuries and accidents. But it can be challenging to figure out how to manage these common workforce health problems.
Dartmouth Health’s next Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) virtual educational series will provide tools for employers who want to make their workplaces more recovery friendly, with practical presentations from employers, lawyers, physicians, and behavioral health professionals, combined with discussions of real-life situations encountered in the workplace. “Recovery Friendly Workplaces ECHO: Win-Win Strategies to Address Employee Substance Use and Mental Health” begins this month and spans across seven sessions, including:
- April 17: Understanding Substance Use Disorder and Eliminating Stigma
- May 1: Benefits and Challenges of Hiring Workers in Recovery
- May 15: Distinguishing Impairment from Other Performance Concerns
- May 29: Supportive Conversations and the Law
- June 12: Return to Work Agreements
- June 26: Drug Testing Best Practices and Considerations
- July 10: Workplace Culture for Safety and Mental Health
“Since the COVID pandemic, we are more aware than ever that tending to our mental and emotional health is essential, and that multiple areas of our lives suffer when we don’t get the help we need, including at work,” said Jacqueline A. Pogue, MPH, MA, research project manager at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. “This ECHO will equip employers to make their workplaces ones where employees feel supported, unafraid to share their struggles, and to receive the support they need from their employer to be a good employee and, most importantly, get better.”
All seven sessions will be held from 12-1 pm. Registration is required and free of charge. Click here to register for this Project ECHO series.
Project ECHO is a program of the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.
About Dartmouth Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and largest private employer, serves patients across New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,300 providers in nearly every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH. Its network of hospitals, outpatient centers, clinics and home care facilities, spans a broad geographical area. Year after year, DHMC is named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is consistently recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, northern New England’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers and one of less than than 60 total nationally; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital (Children’s Hospital at DHMC/CHaD) and more than 20 locations around the region; eight member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont, Hampstead, and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Dartmouth Health Home Care; Dartmouth Health Connected Care Center for Telehealth, serving patients as far away as Texas; and more than 30 primary and multi-specialty clinics across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its partnership with Dartmouth College, Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the White River Junction VA Medical Center, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials with international impact. Dartmouth Health and its more than 16,000 employees are committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in the communities it serves and to providing every patient with exceptional, state-of-the-art, personalized care. Learn more at dartmouth-health.org.