MobiHealth News January 26, 2022
In a preview of their HIMSS22 session, Joel D. Ray and Julia W. Aucoin of UNC REX Healthcare discuss the country’s nursing shortage and how tech solutions can help.
After nearly two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has put increasing pressure on the nation’s healthcare system and its staff, including the nursing workforce.
According to a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and The Washington Post, one-fourth of healthcare workers who handle patient treatment and diagnosis like doctors and nurses said they’d considered leaving the industry because of the pandemic. But there were factors driving a nursing shortage even before COVID-19, like an aging population that needs more healthcare services, a workforce that’s rapidly reaching retirement and insufficient resources to train...
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