HIT Consultant August 15, 2024
The U.S. is currently suffering from a severe shortage of healthcare workers, including physicians, nurses, and allied health roles. For the second year in a row, hospital CEOs cited workforce challenges as their top concern on the American College of Healthcare Executives annual survey. And the situation is only predicted to get worse. For example, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that, by 2030, the U.S. will face a shortage of 275,000 nurses.
Certain contributing factors to this crisis lie outside of the control of healthcare organizations, such as the expanding health needs of retiring Baby Boomers and an aging healthcare workforce. It is possible, however, for the medical sector to mitigate other factors, notably the notoriously high costs of...
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