Healthcare IT Today October 2, 2023
The following is a guest article by Kim Howard, Chief Client Officer at Nomad Health
The U.S. healthcare system faces an estimated national deficit of more than 900K registered nurses by the end of the decade. Hospital CEOs agree that workforce challenges are the biggest issue they face, with 90% saying nursing shortages are the most pressing – a trend driven by the 4.7M healthcare workers retiring by 2030. The “silver tsunami” is also to blame, with 10K baby boomers aging into Medicare coverage daily, placing even further strain on the situation.
Fewer nurses, a slowed education pipeline, and more patients in need of care certainly do not bode well for fixing this shortage, making the industry desperate for solutions....