BMJ Quality & Safety

Brief mindfulness-based intervention to improve clinician mindful behaviours and well-being at two US hospitals: a randomised controlled, mixed methods trial

BMJ Quality & Safety June 25, 2026 M. Todd Greene, Nathan Houchens, Virginia Sheffield et al.

BACKGROUND: Clinician burnout is prevalent and associated with poorer patient safety outcomes. Although mindfulness-based interventions can improve clinician resilience, most are time-intensive and not easily embedded into clinical workflows. We thus evaluated a brief mindfulness-based intervention designed to enhance mindful awareness and clinician well-being among physicians and nurses....