Digital transformation in organizational health and safety to mitigate Burnout Syndrome
In 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) identified Burnout Syndrome as an occupational risk factor, affecting an estimated 10% of workers, resulting in lost productivity and increased costs due to sick leave. Some claim that Burnout Syndrome has reached epidemic proportions in workplaces around...
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| author | María-Isabel Sanchez-Segura German-Lenin Dugarte-Peña Fuensanta Medina-Dominguez Antonio Amescua Seco Rosa Menchen Viso |
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| description | In 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) identified Burnout Syndrome as an occupational risk factor, affecting an estimated 10% of workers, resulting in lost productivity and increased costs due to sick leave. Some claim that Burnout Syndrome has reached epidemic proportions in workplaces around the world. While signs of burnout are not difficult to identify and palliate, its real impact is not easy to measure, generating a number of risks for companies from possible loss of human talent to decreased productivity and diminished quality of life. Given the complexity of Burnout Syndrome, it must be addressed in a creative, innovative and systematic way; traditional approaches cannot be expected to deliver different results. This paper describes the experience where an innovation challenge was launched to collect creative ideas to identify, prevent or mitigate Burnout Syndrome through the use of technological tools and software. The challenge was endowed with an economic award and its guidelines stated that the proposals must be both creative and feasible from an economic and organizational point of view. A total of twelve creative projects were submitted, including each of them, the analysis, design and management plans, to envision an idea that is feasible and with the appropriate budget, implemented. In this paper, we present a summary of these creative projects and how the IRSST (Instituto Regional de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo) experts and leaders in OHS in the Madrid Region (Spain) envision their potential impact on improving the OHS landscape. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b18eb495f6df45008a043e4d320de1d62023-03-21T12:40:51ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652023-03-011110.3389/fpubh.2023.10806201080620Digital transformation in organizational health and safety to mitigate Burnout SyndromeMaría-Isabel Sanchez-Segura0German-Lenin Dugarte-Peña1Fuensanta Medina-Dominguez2Antonio Amescua Seco3Rosa Menchen Viso4Computer Science and Engineering Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés, Madrid, SpainHigher Polytechnic School, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, SpainComputer Science and Engineering Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés, Madrid, SpainComputer Science and Engineering Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés, Madrid, SpainInstituto Regional de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, SpainIn 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) identified Burnout Syndrome as an occupational risk factor, affecting an estimated 10% of workers, resulting in lost productivity and increased costs due to sick leave. Some claim that Burnout Syndrome has reached epidemic proportions in workplaces around the world. While signs of burnout are not difficult to identify and palliate, its real impact is not easy to measure, generating a number of risks for companies from possible loss of human talent to decreased productivity and diminished quality of life. Given the complexity of Burnout Syndrome, it must be addressed in a creative, innovative and systematic way; traditional approaches cannot be expected to deliver different results. This paper describes the experience where an innovation challenge was launched to collect creative ideas to identify, prevent or mitigate Burnout Syndrome through the use of technological tools and software. The challenge was endowed with an economic award and its guidelines stated that the proposals must be both creative and feasible from an economic and organizational point of view. A total of twelve creative projects were submitted, including each of them, the analysis, design and management plans, to envision an idea that is feasible and with the appropriate budget, implemented. In this paper, we present a summary of these creative projects and how the IRSST (Instituto Regional de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo) experts and leaders in OHS in the Madrid Region (Spain) envision their potential impact on improving the OHS landscape.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1080620/fullBurnout Syndrome mitigationdigital OHSsmart-OHSoccupational health and safetydigital transformation (DX) |
| spellingShingle | María-Isabel Sanchez-Segura German-Lenin Dugarte-Peña Fuensanta Medina-Dominguez Antonio Amescua Seco Rosa Menchen Viso Digital transformation in organizational health and safety to mitigate Burnout Syndrome Frontiers in Public Health Burnout Syndrome mitigation digital OHS smart-OHS occupational health and safety digital transformation (DX) |
| title | Digital transformation in organizational health and safety to mitigate Burnout Syndrome |
| title_full | Digital transformation in organizational health and safety to mitigate Burnout Syndrome |
| title_fullStr | Digital transformation in organizational health and safety to mitigate Burnout Syndrome |
| title_full_unstemmed | Digital transformation in organizational health and safety to mitigate Burnout Syndrome |
| title_short | Digital transformation in organizational health and safety to mitigate Burnout Syndrome |
| title_sort | digital transformation in organizational health and safety to mitigate burnout syndrome |
| topic | Burnout Syndrome mitigation digital OHS smart-OHS occupational health and safety digital transformation (DX) |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1080620/full |
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