de Lange, Annet H; Løvseth, Lise Tevik; Christensen, Marit; Medisauskaite, Asta; Teoh, Kevin Rui-Han; (2024) Editorial: Healthy healthcare: opportunities and pitfalls of designing and conducting research and practice in healthcare settings? Frontiers in Psychology , 15 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1514074.

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Healthy Healthcare advocates for the design of healthcare systems that are managed and financed in a way that is aligned with the available resources in order to improve both healthcare workers' health and the quality of patient care delivered (Løvseth and de Lange, 2020). Ultimately a balanced-based perspective taking into account patients, staff and the complex organization of the healthcare system should lead to a more resource-efficient delivery of high-quality healthcare services (Løvseth and de Lange, 2020; Løvseth and Teoh, 2023). This is imperative as healthcare systems globally are experiencing multiple challenges that compound each other, including poor staff retention and health, an aging population, more complex healthcare needs, the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, and limited financial resources (Poon et al., 2022; European Commission, 2021). The systems perspective advocated by Healthy Healthcare draws on the need to integrate three pillars within research and practice: (i) the healthcare system and its organization; (ii) healthcare workers' health and wellbeing; and (iii) the quality of care provided (Løvseth and de Lange, 2020; Løvseth and Teoh, 2023). To advance the work in this area, de Lange et al. (2020a) outlined seven areas of development. At its core, the primary call was (1) to move beyond examining only one (or even two) of the three pillars and instead recognize the existence of all three pillars by developing studies based on a system perspective. In doing so, there is (2) a need to incorporate designs that acknowledge factors and interventions across multiple levels of the organization. This means (3) situating leadership within Healthy Healthcare; (4) acknowledging the need for primary interventions; as well as (5) capturing the diversity within the healthcare workforce, (6) wellbeing measures, and the (7) methodologies and paradigms employed. With this in mind, the current Research Topic aims to summarize the recent methodology and content related to Healthy Healthcare from an occupational health psychology research perspective. This offers a space for reflection on the action raised by de Lange et al. (2020a, 2024), and to consider the opportunities and pitfalls presented in some more contemporary research.

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