Managed Healthcare Executive June 16, 2023
Technology is the key to giving nurses more time to focus on patients.
Persistent nurse staffing shortages plagued the U.S. healthcare system even before the pandemic shined a bright light on the crisis. The industry has known for decades that the shortage was worsening as the baby boom generation aged, piling the increase in demand for healthcare services on top of the growing number of nurses reaching retirement age.
The number of people entering the profession has not kept pace. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the U.S. needs more than 275,000 additional nurses from 2020 to 2030. Today, nurse vacancy rates are at all-time highs with most hospitals (51.4%) reporting rates over 15%.
The pandemic, which exacerbated...
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