Healthcare workforce development | New strategies for new demands
Updated: Apr 18, 2020
As hospitals and ambulatory sites grapple with the challenges of quality improvement, value-based care, cybersecurity and more, the size and shape of the workforce is changing as technology and imperatives evolve.
The recent 2019 HIMSS U.S. Leadership and Workforce Survey shows some interesting insights for hospital and non-acute providers to address: staffing, strategies, VBC, changing technology and more. The survey notes, "hospitals and non-acute providers appear to have very different strategies regarding information and technology leadership and workers" – this impacts hiring a specific workforce to fit their needs, objectives and the community served.
Non-acute organizations are challenged to advance with "the absence of information and technology leaders … it becomes more challenging to advance capabilities in settings without strong executive champions."
The big hurdle, however, is that many "hospitals are continuing to be negatively impacted by staffing challenges." Barely one-third of providers polled by HIMSS (36%) say they're fully staffed – while more than half (52%) said they have open positions.
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