AXIOS March 28, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic and the strain it has put on healthcare workforces is threatening patient care.
Why it matters: Years of progress reducing medical errors and preventable hospital-acquired infections were reversed in medical centers and skilled nursing facilities during the pandemic.
- But ongoing health care workforce disruptions — including early retirements, nurses shifting to travel positions and increased workloads for those who remain — threaten hospitals’ ability to get back on track.
“There’s the cognitive overload, the emotional fatigue that makes us, honestly, worse healthcare providers,” Megan Ranney, academic dean at the Brown University School of Public Health told Axios, speaking about the industry.
The big picture: A number of recent studies and analyses have linked workforce shortfalls...
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