About Us

We believe that creating a climate of workforce thriving is a pathway to optimizing engagement and performance.

The Care Collaboratory is composed of long-time healthcare professionals - medical, safety, quality, strategy, change, and administrative - who came together from across the country because we believe there is a better way to support organizations as they provide health care to communities.

We have conceptualized the idea of healthcare organizations being healing ecosystems. Work and care sites where everyone feels heard, respected, and cared about as well as cared for; which is what most of us would like to experience as patients and staff, but too rarely occurs.

The four components of such an ecosystem that are most relevant are:

·   Leadership – how decisions are made, communicated and deployed

· Structure – the tangible (buildings, technology, resources) and intangible (policies, procedures) elements that define how work gets done and care delivered

·  Climate – the feel of the organization in its departments and units that energize – or enervate – staff and build – or destroy – trust

·  Individuals – understanding the need to attend to collective well-being through individual actions including incorporating daily work opportunities  that contribute to healing in the workplace

Our approach does not require any capital investment – it DOES require an investment made by individual leaders, managers and staff in seeking positive communication and building a different work climate, one interaction at a time. 

    Members of the Care Collaboratory have been honored to provide courses through the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and Tulane University School of Public Health’s executive Leadership & Innovation Certificate Program and Master of Medical Management Degree program.