HRO principles in action? - Physician Banner Health Employee Review

1.0
4 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Large system with broad clinical exposure

Cons

The organization loudly promotes High Reliability Organization (HRO) principles on every wall, yet expects clinicians to forget the widely reported “social comfort mask” episode during COVID. Many of us don’t have amnesia. We remember being told, through leadership messaging, to accept policies that contradicted basic safety while concerns were dismissed rather than transparently addressed. No meaningful apology or reckoning ever followed. Seeing the same leadership now issue new mandates without acknowledging that history is not reassuring — it’s insulting. HRO depends on trust, and trust cannot exist when leadership assumes collective memory loss. We remember. And we do not trust her.

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Banner Health Response
5mo
It is very disappointing to hear this. We would like to address your concerns regarding the issues in your review. Please email us at employment@bannerhealth.com. I would like to have someone on the HR team review and follow up with you.

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Banner Health Response
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At Banner Health, we take all feedback very seriously. We would like to know more about what’s behind your review. Please email us at employment @bannerhealth.com. I would like to have someone on the HR team follow up with you.
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