Led by KU Leuven, Belgium, and the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing in the US, Magnet4Europe is an evidence-based intervention backed by the successful Magnet Recognition Program ®, a voluntary hospital designation for nursing care excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Over seventyhospitals from Belgium, England, Germany, Ireland, Sweden, and Norway will receive a full-blown redesign of their workplaces – supported by one-to-one twinning with an experienced Magnet recognized hospital and an annual learning collaborative. More 

Magnet4Europe Attributed Goals

• Improve Work Environments

• Improve Job Related Health Outcomes of Nurses and Physicians

• Improve Patient Outcomes

Intervention

• Magnet Blueprint and Gap Analysis Tool

• One-to-one Twinning with US Magnet Hospitals

• Learning Collaboratives

• Critical Mass and Network Creation

• Actionable Feedback Report

Participation

• 73 EUROPEAN Hospitals across SIX Countries

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Magnet4Europe (M4E) study seeks to improve clinician mental health, wellbeing and patient safety.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit, Magnet4Europe is launching with 73 European hospitals in six European countries. Some of America’s best hospitals are twinned 1:1 with European hospitals to introduce Magnet® principles to improve hospital work environments. In Europe, the intervention is evaluated in a randomized trial with a lagged control group. U.S. Magnet hospitals are participating in one of the largest studies ever on the association of work environments with clinician wellbeing and patient outcomes. 

 

Meet the M4E Directors

“Hospitalized patients can only be assured safe and effective care when their nurses and physicians are able to perform at their best, and this requires healthy work environments.” Prof. Linda H. Aiken, PhD, RN, FAAN, FRCN, The Claire M. Fagin Leadership Professor of Nursing, Professor of Sociology, Founding Director, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

 

“Our research points to specific features of complex organizations that if modified can significantly improve the well being of health professionals and patients alike.”  Prof. Walter Sermeus, PhD, MSc, RN,
Full Professor Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy, Head of Management and Health Policy Programme Support, KU Leuven, Belgium