Winston Churchill once said, never let a good disaster go to waste.

Numerous lessons have been learned from the ongoing pandemic with COVID-19,

but none have been more poignant than the need for vaccinations,

but also how life has changed.

Masses of employees were relegated to remote work over the past few years, and many of them

found it more preferable in more than one way.

In fact, according to some studies, most individuals

agree that working from home has been more productive for their overall wellness,

and many patients actually reported feeling that having these options for

flexible hours

and flexible locations improve their mental health.

In fact, some studies have reported that 80% of participants believed more work flexibility

helped them take better care of their mental health and about two-thirds of those

participants actually said they preferred to work remotely after the pandemic would be over and I hope that it will be over soon.

And one-third actually said they enjoyed

having a combination of both in office and remote time. Now in health care it is

possible to have a work-life balance that involves working from home.

Telemedicine actually skyrocketed during the pandemic, and it's shown that many fields

have the options to do things from home for physicians as well as other health care providers.

And as the compounding stressors of this past year are undoubtedly present for many, including

gas prices, some have found a bit of reprieve in having to work from home, but is this change permanent?

Does it offer some insight into what a healthier work-life balance might seem?

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