Healthcare chaplains, also known as spiritual care providers, can play a key role in advancing hospitals’ and health systems’ strategic priorities. These professionals typically support organizations in three areas: workforce well-being, patient experience and access to care. Jason Lesandrini, PhD, assistant vice president of ethics, advance care planning, spiritual health and language access services at Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System, and Kelsey White, PhD, assistant professor and chaplaincy faculty researcher at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, have been working to improve chaplains’ integration in healthcare through partnerships with executives.

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