This Research Topic builds upon the concept of "Healthy Healthcare". Healthy Healthcare implies the existence of designed healthcare systems that are managed and financed consistently with the available resources in order to improve healthcare workers’ health and patient care. Ultimately a balanced-based perspective taking into account patients, staff and the complex healthcare system should lead to a more resource-efficient delivery of high-quality healthcare services.

Healthcare systems globally are experiencing multiple challenges including considerably low well-being levels among healthcare workers and challenges in delivering high-quality care. Articles in this Research Topic will address these and other problems linked to Healthy Healthcare topics with the ultimate goal of developing knowledge and understanding of how to create Healthy Healthcare systems. The goal of this Research Topic is also to provide a summary of the findings of all contributing manuscripts with a position article, identifying research gaps in methodology and content from the perspective of occupational health psychology research. This unique topic would be of interest to researchers, practitioners, and students of various disciplines (e.g., public health, health economics, management, psychology, and allied disciplines), as well the various stakeholders within the healthcare industry (e.g., clinicians, practitioners, managers, workforce provision officers).

This Research Topic synthesizes new evidence-based occupational health psychology practices and research that link three important areas: (i) the healthcare system; (ii) healthcare workers' health/ wellbeing; and (iii) the quality of care provided.

Manuscripts in this Research Topic will recognize the diversity in terms of healthcare occupational groups, settings, or contexts; draw on empirical research based on quantitative, qualitative, or case-study research; present new or existing theoretical models; and/or present new evidence-based interventions and practices that facilitate or improve occupational health across different healthcare settings.

-Empirical (quantitative and/or qualitative) occupational health research;
-Occupational health interventions;
-Theoretical and conceptual papers discussing the concept of occupational health psychology in healthcare;
-Manuscripts discussing methodological issues when examining occupational health psychology research in healthcare settings.

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