HIT Consultant November 16, 2023
It is 2020. The world feels to be falling apart. Hospital leaders across the country face a daunting crisis. COVID-19 has put a strain on their care teams right at the moment when caregivers are needed most. The care team that is the most hands-on with care, which carries the brunt of direct care in hospitals, is the nursing staff. Many hospitals started the pandemic down 5-10% of their nurses. Then, during the pandemic, some nurses retired early. Some left care. Some died.
Nursing labor, usually the single largest cost for most hospitals, caused a new dilemma for hospital leaders. They have already suffered financial challenges as their ORs, the economic engines of the hospital, were shut down temporarily....
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