Brain drain, or the migration of healthcare workers away from low-resource settings, is one of the many complex contributing factors to healthcare worker shortages. Brain drain can be internal or external to national health systems; both types must be addressed in order to improve the ...
while only 1.9 million will step in to replace them, leaving a national industry shortage of more than 4 million workers. Here’s a deeper breakdown of the root causes of the healthcare worker shortage, including which professions face the largest shortfalls in the US and what steps the indu...
With the national shortage of healthcare workers expected to persist for some time as patient demand only continues to rise, healthcare organizations should be doing everything they can to limit the impact to their ability to provide excellent patient care, and ultimately, their bottom line and ...
A growing shortage of health care workers is being called the nation’s top patient safety concern.
Health workforces face persistent challenges, including understaffing, underfunding, and underappreciation, that affect many roles in both public health and healthcare delivery. The unrelenting nature and global scale of the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated these difficulties....
'The numbers are horrifying': Texas schools have severe mental health care worker shortage NORTH TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas.com)– With the pandemic exacerbating mental health issues, the need for support for students in schools has never been greater....
We appreciate that without a healthy and safe workforce, we cannot have the safest and most compassionate care.” Perlin calls staffing “a critical and complex issue” that The Joint Commission takes seriously, but says the workforce shortage adds to the challenge. “There is not a one-size...
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the ongoing shortage of health workers, leaving many facilities short-staffed even as coronavirus cases plummet nationwide.
1. Emma Schwartz, “The global healthcare worker shortage: 10 numbers to note,” Project Hope, Feb 20, 2020 2. “Doctors (by age, sex and category),” Health at a Glance 2019, OECD 2019 3. For more information, see “Health workforce,” World Health Organization, 2022 4. Gretchen ...
The researchers cited existing literature that highlights factors that contribute toworkershortages, including out-migration of health workers, war andpolitical unrest, violence against health care workers, and insufficient incentives for training and retention. They noted that high-income locations should ...