Healthcare Innovation June 1, 2023
A new report from McKinsey finds that changes to workflow could improve the work lives of nurses and enhance efficiencies
In much the same way that the pandemic brought contagion and confusion to the medical community, the current nursing shortage is proving itself a costly and lingering side-effect of COVID-19, bringing with it a price tag that the healthcare industry and patients are being forced to pay in one way or another. With this in mind, McKinsey recently collaborated with the ANA Enterprise, an affiliate of the American Nurses Association, to conduct new research to find out how nurses spent their working hours, and how they would change their duties and workflow if given the opportunity. The research findings suggested...