DR LORNA BREEN HEROES' FOUNDATION

Advancing collaboration: the dr. Lorna breen heroes' foundation brings interdisciplinary, cross-sector organizations and individuals together to harness our collective strength and making a lasting impact for our healthcare workforce's mental health and wellbeing. Through our ambassador program we engage 400+ health workers, medical students, experts, and leaders to improve understanding on protecting health workers' wellbeing and advocating for change. Additionally, through our all in: wellbeing first for healthcare coalition, we lead 35+ national organizations to advance practical solutions and remove barriers to mental health care for the healthcare workforce. Together, our all in for mental health initiative equips the healthcare community to change stigmatizing policies and practices that discourage health workers from seeking mental health care. For example, through the wellbeing first champion challenge program, we support licensure boards, health systems, hospitals, medical groups/clinics, and health plans to commit to equal privacy in mental health care for health workers - ensuring confidentiality of diagnoses and treatments during licensure and credentialing processes. As of september 2025, 60 licensure boards and 1,850 hospitals and care facilities have changed their licensing and credentialing applications - benefiting 1.85 million licensed and 357,000 credentialed health workers.