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Easing Administrative Burdens: Staffing and Burnout Challenges

April 24, 2024 - There continues to be an acknowledgment of the significant levels of burnout experienced by medical personnel. Burnout is also being cited as the primary reason for healthcare workers leaving the field. In 2022, 40% of doctors and 49% of nurses reported they were experiencing burnout, and 32% of nurses were planning to leave their profession within...

HPSA Program Did Not Affect Physician Shortages or Health Outcomes

November 14, 2023 by Victoria Bailey

Although health professional shortage area (HPSA) designations aim to improve access to care by alleviating staffing challenges, a Health Affairs study found that most HPSA counties remained physician...

New Physicians See Plenty of Job Offers but Burnout Impacts Choices

October 06, 2023 by Victoria Bailey

More than half of new physicians receive over 100 job offers during their training, but many would not choose the healthcare field again, a survey from AMN Healthcare found. The 2023 Survey of...

75K Kaiser Workers Walk Off in Healthcare’s Largest Strike

October 04, 2023 by Jacqueline LaPointe

More than 75,000 unionized workers of Kaiser Permanente launched a strike today, marking the largest strike of healthcare workers in US history. The workers represented by a coalition of eight unions...

Workforce Woes Surpass Financial Pressure As Healthcare’s Top Threat

October 02, 2023 by Jacqueline LaPointe

Clinician burnout, staffing challenges, and nursing shortages are the top organizational threats over the next year, according to most healthcare leaders. CIOs, IT leaders, and clinicians responding...

1 in 3 Healthcare Workers Plan to Leave Their Position, Survey Finds

September 05, 2023 by Victoria Bailey

A third of surveyed healthcare workers plan to leave their job in the next year, according to new data from Tebra. Over 500 healthcare workers responded to the online survey in spring 2023. While one...

Physician Turnover Trends Up, But Not As Bad As Expected During COVID-19

July 25, 2023 by Jacqueline LaPointe

Physician turnover is on the rise, although the cause behind doctors moving practice and leaving healthcare altogether is still unknown. In a new Annals of Internal Medicine study, researchers from...

MGMA: Nursing Compensation Increases as Staffing Challenges Continue

July 06, 2023 by Victoria Bailey

Compensation increased for all nursing positions in 2022 as staffing challenges push medical groups to focus on recruitment and retention, a report from the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)...

Clinic Staffing Costs Up 10% This Year

May 31, 2023 by Jacqueline LaPointe

Clinic staffing costs continue to increase despite some stabilization of overall finances, pushing medical groups and health systems to address labor shortages. AMGA recently reported in the...

More Nurses to Leave Healthcare Workforce as Job Satisfaction Drops

May 15, 2023 by Victoria Bailey

More nurses plan to leave the healthcare workforce as career satisfaction has decreased and mental health and well-being problems have increased, according to a survey from AMN Healthcare. The 2023...

900K Registered Nurses Expected to Leave Workforce by 2027

April 19, 2023 by Victoria Bailey

After losing 100,000 registered nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic, the nursing workforce is expected to lose an additional 900,000 workers by 2027, according to research from the National Council of...

Hospital, Registered Nurse Turnover Rates Remained High in 2022

April 13, 2023 by Victoria Bailey

While healthcare employment is slowly bouncing back from the COVID-19 pandemic, the registered nurse (RN) turnover rate in 2022 was 22.5 percent, resulting in hospitals losing millions of dollars,...

Healthcare Has Yet to Feel Full Impact of Physician Retirements

March 22, 2023 by Jacqueline LaPointe

Healthcare organizations need to prepare for a wave of physician retirements, according to a new survey from the physician, physician leader, and advanced practice provider recruitment firm Jackson...

AMGA: Medical Groups Faced Workforce Challenges, High Expenses in 2022

January 27, 2023 by Victoria Bailey

Ongoing workforce challenges have led to declining staffing ratios and high labor expenses for medical groups, a survey from the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) found. The 2022 Medical Group...

Significant Staffing Challenges Continue for Nursing Homes

January 23, 2023 by Victoria Bailey

Nursing homes are experiencing the most significant staffing challenges of any healthcare sector and have lost 210,000 jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from the American Health...

Financial Challenges for Health Systems Will Likely Persist in 2023

January 05, 2023 by Victoria Bailey

Hospitals and health systems will likely face another year of financial challenges in 2023 as they expect to continue grappling with inflation, staffing shortages, and low margins, according to data...

Rising Expenses, Negative Margins Drove Poor Hospital Finances

December 01, 2022 by Victoria Bailey

Hospitals’ poor financial performances continued in October, driven by negative operating margins and rising expenses, according to data from Kaufman Hall. The National Hospital Flash Report...

ACEP Urges Biden Admin to Address Emergency Department Boarding

November 14, 2022 by Victoria Bailey

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and over 30 medical associations have urged the Biden Administration to assemble a summit of healthcare stakeholders to address immediate and...

85% of Facilities Are Facing Allied Healthcare Professional Shortages

October 20, 2022 by Victoria Bailey

More than eight in ten healthcare facilities are experiencing allied healthcare professional shortages, leading them to increase hiring incentives and employ newly graduated professionals, according to...

Inflation, Labor Costs Will Increase Healthcare Spending by $370B

September 26, 2022 by Victoria Bailey

Inflation and rising labor costs will increase US national healthcare spending by $370 billion in the next five years, according to a McKinsey report. Consumer prices are rising faster than healthcare...

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