Aja Antoine1, George Fitchett1, Vanshdeep Sharma1, Deborah B Marin1, Andrew N Garman1, Trace Haythorn1, Kelsey White1, Wendy Cadge1. 1. From the Department of Sociology, Brandeis University, Boston, Massachusetts, Department of Religion, Health, and Human Values, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Spirituality and Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, Department of Health Systems Management, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Atlanta, Georgia, School of Public Health & Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: This pilot study explores how healthcare leaders understand spiritual care and how that understanding informs staffing and resource decisions. METHODS: This study is based on interviews with 11 healthcare leaders, representing 18 hospitals in 9 systems, conducted between August 2019 and February 2020. RESULTS: Leaders see the value of chaplains in terms of their work supporting staff in tragic situations and during organizational change. They aim to continue to maintain chaplaincy efforts in the midst of challenging economic realities. CONCLUSIONS: Chaplains' interactions with staff alongside patient outcomes are a contributing factor in how resources decisions are made about spiritual care.
OBJECTIVES: This pilot study explores how healthcare leaders understand spiritual care and how that understanding informs staffing and resource decisions. METHODS: This study is based on interviews with 11 healthcare leaders, representing 18 hospitals in 9 systems, conducted between August 2019 and February 2020. RESULTS: Leaders see the value of chaplains in terms of their work supporting staff in tragic situations and during organizational change. They aim to continue to maintain chaplaincy efforts in the midst of challenging economic realities. CONCLUSIONS: Chaplains' interactions with staff alongside patient outcomes are a contributing factor in how resources decisions are made about spiritual care.
Authors: Csaba Szilagyi; Anne Vandenhoeck; Megan C Best; Cate Michelle Desjardins; David A Drummond; George Fitchett; Simon Harrison; Trace Haythorn; Cheryl Holmes; Hanneke Muthert; Daniel Nuzum; Joost H A Verhoef; Erika Willander Journal: J Pastoral Care Counsel Date: 2021-12-21