The National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom is Europe's largest employer, with 1.6 million healthcare workers. Like many in the healthcare field, NHS had employees who avoided taking breaks – choosing to put patient care above their own wellbeing.
But what happened when they discovered that movement-driven “microbreaks” of only two minutes could provide a lift and help to be more productive? That’s the idea behind the Breakthru wellbeing app for Microsoft Teams. Now NHS workers can take microbreaks at their own pace, right inside the tool they’re already using to meet, chat, call, and collaborate. And it’s catching on. Since launching with NHS about a year ago, Breakthru usage has grown organically and is being used and shared at 182 NHS Trusts—that’s 85 percent of the NHS Trust organizations—and growing.
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