Workforce Supply and Demand
A medical staff development plan identifies your community's needs for physicians. It establishes your hospital or health system's physician need and recruitment priorities. And it addresses other medical staff development issues. An up-to-date, contemporary medical staff development plan is…
Hospitalists are at high risk for burnout due to an ever-expanding list of responsibilities. Learn more about the alarming data points and the actions needed to mitigate burnout.
Trustee talking points
As health care transforms, the health care workforce will have to change, too.
Hospital boards should make workforce planning and development part of their strategic process.
Self-assessment is critical for hospitals to begin workforce planning.
A diverse workforce…
In the three years since the Rusk County Memorial Hospital hospitalist program started, primary care access in Ladysmith has stabilized, the hospital’s admissions and patient satisfaction scores have rebounded, and Rusk’s future is no longer in jeopardy.
The health care workforce influences nearly every aspect of providing high-quality care. Without an adequate and appropriately trained cadre of health professionals, hospitals will encounter difficulties meeting challenges and opportunities in our rapidly changing field. These challenges and…
Appointments
• The Houston County Health Care Authority appointed Richard O. Sutton system CEO of Southeast Alabama Medical Center and president of the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine as of May 16. In this role, Sutton has executive oversight for Southeast Alabama Medical Center, Alabama…