Becker's Healthcare January 23, 2025
After nearly a decade as CFO of Dayton (Ohio) Children’s Hospital, Chris Bergman has seen firsthand the challenges of pediatric healthcare. As we enter 2025, Mr. Bergman told Becker’s that one issue stands above the rest: workforce.
“The supply and demand doesn’t match up right now,” Mr. Bergman said.
Mr. Bergman said the clinical workforce constitutes 25% of Dayton Children’s employees, with the other 75% consisting of traditional jobs like food service or housekeeping, which is a competitive recruitment field.
“We compete against UPS, FedEx and Amazon, where we never used to have to compete against [them],” he said. “How do we make sure our labor, our wages, are at a point where they’re competitive?”
Mr. Bergman said the healthcare...
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