Our own lived experience informs us about how complex effective communication can be. That inadvertent misunderstandings do happen. That we can be spoken to in a way that feels uncomfortable, even unsafe, on the receiving side, and at the same time, be unsure if we are right about what we are making of it. Words […]
Research finds digital resilience training associated with reduced stress among healthcare workers
StressPal announced the publication of a study evaluating its StressPal Frontline: Essential Resilience Self-Care and Burnout Prevention program in JMIR Formative Research, an open access, peer-reviewed journal focused on emerging digital health innovations.
Have you ever watched a team start to misfire and wondered, What happened?
The people are the same. The skills are still there. The commitment has not disappeared. The clinical expertise remains. And yet, somehow, misunderstandings are on the rise. Mistakes are happening.
Someone’s silence is interpreted as judgment. Someone’s urgency is interpreted as disrespect. Conversations feel more tense. A neutral comment lands as criticism. A brief response feels dismissive.
July 9, 2026 – “Resilience and Stress Among Health Care Workers Participating in the StressPal Frontline Program: Quasi-Experimental Pretest-Posttest Study” LINK to journal
In healthcare, not every issue gets addressed in the moment. Sometimes there simply isn’t enough time. A shift is moving fast. Patients need attention. Staffing is tight. Another priority takes over. A difficult conversation gets pushed aside because everyone is trying to get through the day. What else may be going on? Over time, […]
Pennie Sempell, J.D., Cofounder at StressPal How many times have you been on a communication roller coaster that went off the rails? I recall a time when I was leading a conflict resolution session with two health providers, who had worked together for years, but they weren’t really hearing each other anymore. They’d been the […]
Nurses and advanced practice providers have been telling us about the many stress behaviors they commonly see in co-workers and themselves – like defensiveness, avoidance, micromanaging. We keep hearing them say they want to learn practical, actionable strategies to change how they react (or overreact) in high acuity situations, to lower their stress levels, […]
Investigator Kristen Neimiller-Vega, FNP, has closed her doctoral dissertation study with about 140 nurse practitioners at Optum Health, who enrolled in the StressPal Frontline resilience intervention. We were delighted to see enrollment oversubscribed on the first day it was announced, and to see such candid engagement in their dedicated peer community! Completion rates are excellent, […]
Expanded access and inclusion to entire healthcare workforce safeguards individual resilience, improves interprofessional communication and fulfilment SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – July 13, 2022 – StressPal, a leader in evidence-based resilience training for clinicians, today announced that StressPal Frontline: Essential Resilience Self-Care and Burnout Prevention now offers post-training modules throughout the subscription and on renewal, and […]
Digital Health is using technology to help improve people’s health and wellness. Our healthcare industry has be digitally transforming for decades now. But the sheer volume of data we are collecting now is driving innovation that can be called revolutionary or evolutionary. And there is nothing stopping it continuing into next year. As tradition, we […]