Get Vitals is built on a foundation of rigorous research and evidence based practices. Our platform combines behavioral science, clinical insights, and real world validation to deliver meaningful support for healthcare professionals.
Get Vitals is grounded in decades of research on healthcare worker burnout, stress management, and behavioral interventions. Our approach is informed by studies from leading institutions and validated through clinical practice.
We've synthesized findings from psychology, nursing research, and organizational behavior to create interventions that are both scientifically sound and practically effective for the unique challenges healthcare workers face.
Download AppEvidence based techniques for stress reduction, emotional regulation, and emotional recovery specifically adapted for healthcare environments.
Interventions informed by studies involving healthcare professionals and related populations, supporting their relevance and effectiveness.
Continuous evaluation and refinement based on feedback from healthcare workers and organizational outcomes.
Our platform is built on four foundational studies that demonstrate the effectiveness of evidence-based interventions for healthcare worker wellbeing.
Study: Reducing Burnout and Resignations among Frontline Workers: A Field Experiment (Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 2022)
What they did: Over six weeks, 911 dispatchers across nine U.S. cities received weekly emails prompting them to write anonymous peer-advice messages to colleagues.
Results:
Why it matters: Shows powerful burnout reduction through asynchronous, writing-based peer support, with no need for in-person or live virtual sessions. Mechanism: writing and reading peer stories fosters belonging and cognitive reframing.
Additional supporting studies:
Powerful & inspirational peer stories delivered inside the app.
Write-and-read flow mirrors the study’s effective pattern.
Study: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for Healthcare Workers (JAMA Internal Medicine, 2019)
What they did: Compared an 8-week MBSR program to standard stress education among healthcare professionals.
Results:
Why it matters: Validates mindfulness and reflective practices as habit-based interventions proven to reduce burnout effectively in healthcare workers.
Additional supporting studies:
Guided audio reflections and short mindfulness sessions tailored for nurses, such as processing a patient death or reconnecting with why you started nursing.
Frequent, small practices to build a sustained habit, designed for end of shift before you head home to help decompress.
Vitalk RCT (Malawi): 8‑week randomized controlled trial among health workers comparing a mental‑health chatbot to passive internet resources.
Outcomes (difference‑in‑differences):
Direct evidence that a chatbot improved mental‑health outcomes and burnout among frontline health workers.
Vickybot feasibility (health‑care workers subset): ~1 month use in a small sample (n=34; 19 HCWs + 15 primary‑care patients).
Results (HCW subgroup):
Supports feasibility and shows an early signal of effectiveness for chatbot‑delivered support in healthcare settings.
Why it matters: Together these studies show both rigorous RCT evidence and practical feasibility for chatbots reducing burnout and supporting mental wellbeing in healthcare workers.
Chatbot‑guided debriefs and check‑ins after shifts, tailored to nursing contexts.
Brief, writing‑based prompts and supportive reflections to reduce burnout and build resilience.
Study: Preventing intrusive memories after trauma via a brief intervention… (Molecular Psychiatry, 2018)
What they did: Motor vehicle accident patients briefly recalled their trauma and then played Tetris for ~20 minutes within six hours of the event.
Results:
Why it matters: Demonstrates that visuospatial distraction alone, without therapy, can reduce trauma-related flashbacks by interfering with memory consolidation.
Additional supporting studies:
Visuospatial tetris available as a post incident tool.
Designed for relaxing after shift with calming audio and soft colors.
Higher spiritual wellbeing — meaning, purpose, and connectedness — is associated with lower burnout and better mental health in healthcare professionals. Evidence is largely observational (associations rather than proven causation).
Key findings:
Organizations that support respectful expressions of religion/spirituality have also been linked with less frequent burnout among essential workers.OUP
Why it matters: Spiritual wellbeing can help buffer burnout by reinforcing meaning, purpose, and connection. We offer this as an optional, respectful layer alongside evidence‑based tools.
Christian Mode (opt‑in): Users can opt-in to weave Christian based content into their experience.
Linos, E., Ruffini, K., & Wilcoxen, S. (2022). Reducing burnout and resignations among frontline workers: A field experiment. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 32(3), 504-517.
Iyadurai, L., Blackwell, S. E., Meiser-Stedman, R., Watson, P. C., Bonsall, M. B., Geddes, J. R., & Holmes, E. A. (2018). Preventing intrusive memories after trauma via a brief intervention involving Tetris computer game play in the emergency department: A proof-of-concept randomized controlled trial. Molecular Psychiatry, 23(3), 674-682.
Kanstrup, M., et al. (2021). Brief intervention to reduce intrusive memories after traumatic events in the emergency department: Randomized controlled trial. Molecular Psychiatry.
Holmes, E. A., et al. (2009). Can playing the computer game Tetris reduce the build‑up of flashbacks for trauma? Psychological Science, 20(10), 1349–1355.
Hilty, D. M., et al. (2024). Asynchronous digital peer‑support chat for clinicians: formative evaluation of feasibility and perceived impact. JMIR Formative Research.
Stephens, et al. (2023). Brief asynchronous written reflections to build connection and reduce emotional exhaustion. Frontiers in Psychology.
Sexton, J. B., et al. (2021). Narrative exchange peer support for ICU nurses: quality improvement outcomes. BMJ Open Quality.
Kriakous, S. A., Elliott, K. A., Lamers, C., & Owen, R. (2021). The effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction on the psychological functioning of healthcare professionals: A systematic review. Mindfulness, 12, 1-28.
Shapiro, et al. (2020). Ten‑minute guided cognitive reappraisal reduces stress in medical trainees. Frontiers in Psychology.
Rosenthal, et al. (2023). Testing an Intervention to Improve Health Care Worker Well‑Being via a Peer‑To‑Peer Support Program. JAMA Network Open.
Whitehead, et al. (2023). Spiritual health and burnout in physicians: systematic review. PMC.
De Diego Cordero, et al. (2022). Spirituality/religiosity linked to lower stress, anxiety, and depression among healthcare workers: review. Springer.
Harris, et al. (2021). Nurses’ personal religious/spiritual beliefs associated with better wellbeing and lower burnout. PMC.
Organizations and spirituality at work (2024). Respectful expressions of religion/spirituality linked with less frequent burnout among essential workers. OUP advance article.
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