The past 2 years have taken an enormous toll on healthcare workers, and overwhelmingly, the response was clear: 99% of healthcare delivery organizations are experiencing staffing challenges today.
To maintain the workforce and ensure continued high-quality care, many organizations have committed to both short- and long-term financial incentives, however, ever-rising salary levels and increased agency budgets are not financially sustainable. Those organizations that take care to balance short-term solutions with long-term support programs and investments will be more successful in building a sustainable, supportive culture for their teams, patients, and community.
The outlook for healthcare staffing recovery from the pandemic is mixed—37% think it will improve, 33% think it will stay the same, and 30% think it will get worse—which means the recovery of the workforce may be more challenging than many anticipate.
