Workforce Management

HIMSS 2024 Recap: Generative AI Uses, Workforce Management

April 5, 2024 - Generative AI use cases and workforce management--specifically in light of severe labor shortages--dominated the conversation at HIMSS 2024. Rich Birhanzel, senior managing director and global health lead at Accenture, shares his insights on these two pervasive and, at times, controversial issues facing the healthcare industry. Birhanzel...

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Kaiser Permanente Strike Ends, HC3 Warns of NoEscape Ransomware

by Kelsey Waddill

Kaiser Permanente and a group of unions have reached a tentative deal to end the largest US healthcare labor dispute. The new contract addresses understaffing concerns by offering wage increases, establishing a minimum wage for healthcare...

75K Healthcare Workers May Strike, Hospital Operating Margins Grow

by Kelsey Waddill

As exhausted healthcare leave their jobs or prepare to go on strike, clinician burnout and staffing shortages rises to the top healthcare leaders' concerns.  One symplr survey revealed that 97 percent of respondents struggle with...

The Path Toward a DE&I Committee at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health

by Sara Heath

It’s been three years since healthcare organizations and industry groups across the country made promises to achieve health equity. Listen to the full podcast to hear more details. And...

How Female Representation Improves the Healthcare Workforce

by Veronica Salib

Women in healthcare comprise less than 35% of the C-suite healthcare workforce, a significant drop from the 75% across entry-level positions. Although female representation in healthcare is higher than...

Can Healthcare Confront Primary Care Access Shortages With NPs?

by Sara Heath

Healthcare is on the precipice of having 100 million people lack access to primary care, a problem that could have catastrophic downstream impacts. But according to April Kapu, the president of the...

Increasing Workforce Diversity in Healthcare, Improving Patient Outcomes

by Alivia Kaylor

The significance of diversity in healthcare cannot be overstated, as it ensures that medical staff is representative of the communities they serve, leading to better outcomes for patients and their...

How a Rural Health System Reduces Turnover, Invests in Its Workforce

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Staff turnover is a challenge for Northern Light Health, Maine’s only integrated health system. Still, it is admittedly not as bad as it has been at other hospitals and health systems across the...

Understanding the Role of Medical Schools in Medical Workforce Diversity

by Sara Heath

The health equity push is permeating all aspects of the medical industry, with even medical schools looking at how it can improve its recruitment tactics to make for medical workforce...

How to Reinforce, Expand the Home Healthcare Nursing Workforce

by Kelsey Waddill

As home healthcare expanded during the coronavirus pandemic, the home healthcare nursing workforce had to grow with it. As the nation emerges from the pandemic, healthcare leaders must discern how to...

What Are Health System CEOs’ Growth Priorities in 2022?

by Anuja Vaidya

As health systems grapple with an evolving pandemic, consumer empowerment through digital tools and diversifying the workforce to care for diverse communities are at the forefront of healthcare...

Women in Medicine Strives for Gender Equity in Clinician Workforce

by Sara Heath

Healthcare is staring down a clinician workforce and staffing crisis, a problem only exacerbated by its own gender equity issues. Prominently, women are leaving the medical workforce in droves, but...

Vaccine Mandate Lawsuits Center Workforce Management, Shortages

by Kelsey Waddill

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Kaiser Workers Approve Strike, Medicare Advantage Plans Rank Well

by Hayden Schmidt

In Southern California, Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers have overwhelmingly approved a strike during a recent vote. If negotiations fail, staffing shortages could ensue. A Class I FDA recall was...

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