Nurse managers being too busy to train and support their team members is one of the biggest reasons nurses are exiting the healthcare industry, according to a new report.
Last month at a conference, AdventHealth CEO Terry Shaw shared some employee retention strategies used at his health system. He stressed the importance of gathering employee feedback and using it to give them the changes they need. This month, MedCity News followed up with AdventHealth to get a better picture of what these strategies look like in practice.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
At a conference last week, AdventHealth CEO Terry Shaw discussed how his organization fosters a culture in which its workers feel heard and supported. Some of his advice included making necessary changes based on employee feedback and providing ample opportunities for career advancement.
UNC Health published a study showing that Laudio’s automation software saved the health system $5.4 million in annual nurse turnover costs. The startup's technology automates administrative tasks for frontline nurse managers — such as patient rounding, schedule making, and quality and safety checks.
This on-demand webinar explores the impact of poor data quality and methods to improve patient data quality. It highlights technology that can improve workflows to help reduce workforce burnout.
A new Accenture report laid out considerations that hospitals should keep in mind as they adopt new technology aimed at improving nurse retention. Some of the report’s key recommendations for providers were to build a strong, cloud-based technology infrastructure and to involve nurses early on in the process of adopting a new digital tool.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
The webinar, sponsored by Intelligent Medical Objects, will explore the impact of poor data quality and methods to improve patient data quality. It will also highlight healthcare industry employee burnout and how to improve retention.
Many health systems aren’t employing the right tactics for hiring and retaining nurses, according to a new report. It argued that hospitals would have an easier time hiring and retaining nurses if they focused more on the things workers want most from their employers — such as flexible scheduling and professional development opportunities.
Feedtrail believes healthcare workers become more satisfied in their roles when they’re connected to messages of patient gratitude, so it built technology to deliver that positive feedback to clinicians. The company recently announced the results of a five-month clinician retention workgroup, finding that 77% of clinicians agreed that consistently receiving positive patient messages reinforced their purpose.
Many healthcare workers prefer providing at-home care because it allows them to provide more personal, less hectic care than they can on the hospital floor, said Current Health CEO Chris McGhee. He thinks health systems should realize that switching more healthcare workers to at-home care could help alleviate the burnout crisis and improve staff retention levels.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Healthcare workers at Stanford Medical Center and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital ratified a new agreement that increases their wages by 15% over the next three years. It's been good month for nurses unions in Northern California — Kaiser Permanente nurses recently ratified a new contract that increased wages by 22.5% over four years and included provisions for improved staffing.
This April, MultiCare Health System rolled out an initiative called Spring Connection Week, a week in which meetings were cleared from the schedules of supervisors, managers and directors so that they could conduct one-on-one rounds with their frontline staff. Stacey Parkin, MultiCare’s chief patient experience officer, thinks other hospitals should steal the idea as a way to illuminate the biggest problems their workforces face.
Companies in every industry are now hiring a chief medical officer—an executive once found only in healthcare organizations—to implement and oversee programs that optimize employee well-being.
Employers, faced with a plethora of options for return-to-work programs, will still have to consider several factors beyond testing and contact tracing. For instance, how will they communicate for employees to stay home, and will a vaccine be required?
Retention will always be a challenge, but it is one that can be met by putting the right people in the right positions, supporting them and creating the best culture possible.