Comprehensive Strategies for Mitigating Burnout Among Healthcare Professionals: An Integrative Review of Individual, Organizational, and Technological Interventions

Burnout among healthcare professionals is a critical global challenge that undermines workforce well-being, organizational effectiveness, and patient safety. This working paper presents an integrative review of burnout mitigation strategies, categorizing interventions across individual, organizational, and technological domains. It frames burnout as a multidimensional occupational phenomenon, highlights its causes and consequences, and synthesizes evidence from empirical studies and systematic reviews, with a particular focus on the UAE and comparable healthcare contexts. The findings indicate that individual-level strategies enhance coping capacity and resilience, while organizational-level interventions address systemic and structural drivers. Additionally, technological solutions offer scalable and innovative approaches to support healthcare professionals. However, significant gaps remain in longitudinal evaluations, interventions beyond physicians, and economic assessments of cost-effectiveness. The paper concludes with practical implications for policymakers, managers, practitioners, and researchers in the UAE, emphasizing that burnout mitigation is not only an ethical imperative but also a strategic priority for sustaining workforce resilience and maintaining high-quality healthcare. These findings guide UAE healthcare leaders in prioritizing cost-effective, culturally adaptable burnout mitigation strategies to enhance staff well-being and patient outcomes.