Workforce
The American Hospital Association offers these resources for addressing health care workforce issues for leaders of hospitals and health systems.
Health care must become more diverse in its leadership, governance and staff, and it must work hard to eliminate disparities in care. Here’s why:
Changing America:
• Half of all children in the U.S. will be nonwhite by 2020
• The majority of the population will be nonwhite by 2044
Hospitals can build stronger connections to the community through popular social media sites and apps. Some hospitals are hiring full-time and freelance journalists to write stories and produce videos on health trends, news of the day and the hospital itself.
“We’re updating the site with two to…
Half of the nation’s primary care physicians say the increased use of quality-of-care metrics to assess provider performance is having a negative impact on patient care, according to a survey report from The Commonwealth Fund and the Kaiser Family Foundation. Twenty-two percent see quality metrics…
Primary care physicians, followed by psychiatrists, topped a list of 20 most in-demand medical specialists, according to a report from physician search firm Merritt Hawkins. The firm tracked its physician and advanced practitioner recruiting assignments and found that it was retained to conduct…
The health care industry faces a combination of challenges that will affect every hospital and health system. External influences, such as the uncertainty and complexity surrounding the Affordable Care Act, are well-known: The dawn of a new era of regulation requires fundamental changes in service…
The 2015 Healthcare Recruiting Trends Survey found that although demand for health care services is predicted to increase in the next 10 years — particularly in outpatient settings — the supply of health care providers will simultaneously decrease with shortages of qualified physicians and nurses…
Physician compensation and job dissatisfaction both have increased since last year, according to the 2015 Medscape Physician Compensation Report. Recently released results from the annual survey revealed that most physicians saw a pay increase last year, with the average primary care physician…
Emergency physicians have noticed an increase in the volume of emergency department patients since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act on Jan. 1, 2014, according to a survey of American College of Emergency Physicians members. The poll, which sought to understand changes in ED patient…
SNAPSHOT
Physicians are frustrated and overwhelmed by the changes in care delivery. To support them and build engagement, boards and executives need to provide guidance and support at all levels of a physician’s career.
Since the Affordable Care Act became law five years ago, it has led to major shifts in health care delivery and payment.