$CI Cigna Group Tape Reports
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Yeah, Brian, I think over the past few years, the conversation has really shifted from mental health as an individual issue to mental health as a workforce culture business issue. And the pandemic has really made something visible that's been building for years, which is that a lot of different things influence whether people can thrive at work. And those are things like work structures, workload, social connection, financial stress, caregiving demands, psychological safety. There was a recent U.S. Surgeon General's Framework for Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing report that I think really captured this well by describing workplaces as needing to be centered around around these 5 essential things, which are protection from harm, connection and community, work-life harmony or balance, as we typically call it, mattering at work— essentially, is the work meaningful— and also opportunity for growth for employees. And I, I think what's different now is that many leaders are no longer viewing workforce mental health only through the lens of EAP utilization or wellness campaigns. They're really beginning to see workplace mental health as part of a talent strategy. Strategy and retention and productivity, innovation and organizational resilience. WHO also has guidelines on mental health at work that similarly emphasize that employers need to address psychological or psychosocial risks such as heavy workloads and irregular shifts. And also they need to train managers and support workers with mental health conditions. So for the past few years at Cigna and Evernorth, from our perspective, we've been studying and quantifying the concept of vitality, the ability to pursue life with health, strength, and energy. And it's connected to health, but it's, it's more than just physical health. It's also emotional and occupational, financial, social well-being, all of those things. And most of our clients are small and large employer groups, and we believe that employers are really uniquely positioned to help people access the services and support that they need to be at their jobs with optimal vitality. So the most sophisticated employers are also moving from reactive to proactive. So instead of waiting for someone, um, until someone is in crisis, they're asking earlier on, what can our managers do? How can we train them to recognize stress? How do we reduce stigma? Are our benefits easy to navigate? And are we measuring access, outcomes, employee experience?
Dr. Stuart Lustig — Becker’s Healthcare Podcast · The Cost of Burnout: Why Vitality Is Now a Workforce Strategy · 2026-08-14Yeah, we see vitality as intimately connected with health overall. It's one of the reasons that for the past few years, Cigna and Evernorth have been studying vitality. It's really integrally connected. And so we've looked at vitality on a population basis. We've looked at vitality Vitality among workers. We have a recent reassessment of vitality among healthcare workers in particular. And it's not the same construct as burnout, although in some ways they are related. When we look at burnout specifically, we find that a third of working adults say they feel burned out at work. And there was also a recent Medscape Physician Burnout and Depression Report from this year, 2026, that showed that just half of all physicians, just under half, reported feeling burned out. And I'll talk about the connection with Vitality in a second. And they can— they see that burnout as related to job stress as opposed to their personal lives instead. And the evidence is really clear on how burnout impacts people. They miss work. They're present, but they're not functioning at their best. They disengage. And sometimes, ultimately, they leave. And by the way, concern about AI and job eliminations really contribute to burnout. The other thing in addition to vitality and burnout that we've been looking at at Cigna is loneliness. We've done a lot of work with loneliness since even before the pandemic. And we've found that loneliness at work also contributes to turnover intentions. So we really need to figure out, I think, on both counts, how to keep people meaningfully engaged at work and also engaged with their colleagues while keeping the work manageable at the same time. And in my profession, medicine, physician burnout can lead to turnover intention and job dissatisfaction and even career regret. So, you know, feeling like, oh, I wish I'd chosen another career instead of medicine. And we know, back to Vitality, from our recent research on vitality among health professionals, that physicians have higher levels of vitality compared to other health professionals such as nurses and pharmacists. Um, and by the way, health professionals have high levels of vitality anyway compared to, um, other professionals that aren't in healthcare. Um, but burnout is still a risk for, uh, the helping professions.
Dr. Stuart Lustig — Becker’s Healthcare Podcast · The Cost of Burnout: Why Vitality Is Now a Workforce Strategy · 2026-08-14