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Many centers face challenges in the area of meeting workforce expectations. Here are a few possible issues that could be hindering your ability to meet workforce expectations: 1. 💺Lack of qualified leadership can be a major factor. Centers leaders should consider exploring partnerships with local educational institutions🏫👩🏫 or implementing targeted recruitment strategies to attract skilled professionals. 2. Retention Challenges: High turnover🔃 rates can disrupt operations and impact patient care. Invest in employee engagement initiatives, such as professional development opportunities and competitive compensation packages, to improve staff retention. 3. Work-Life Balance⚖️: Long working hours and demanding schedules can lead to burnout and dissatisfaction among your workforce. Implement policies that promote work-life balance, such as flexible scheduling options or employee wellness programs. 4. Training and Development👨💻: Inadequate training programs may result in subpar performance and slow skill development. Prioritize ongoing training and professional development to ensure your staff remains up-to-date with industry advancements. 5. Communication🗣and Collaboration👥️: Poor communication and lack of teamwork can hinder productivity and efficiency. Foster a culture of open communication and collaboration through regular staff meetings, feedback channels, and team-building activities. 6. Regulatory compliance: Surgery Centers must adhere to strict regulations and guidelines. Ensuring that your workforce stays up to date with compliance requirements is crucial to avoid legal issues and maintain patient safety. 7. Inadequate staffing levels🎚: This can lead to an increased workload and eventually burnout, which compromises patients care. It's crucial to have a solid retention strategy. 8. Skills gap🤷♂️🤦♀️👨⚕️: Surgical procedures are constantly evolving, and it's important for your workforce to keep up with the latest techniques and technologies. Addressing any skills gaps is key. Remember🧏♂️🧏♀️, addressing these issues requires a strategic approach tailored to your specific center's needs. By actively working towards overcoming these challenges, you can enhance workforce satisfaction and ultimately improve the quality of care provided at your surgery center. (credits to Paige Haeffele & Becker's Healthcare) Armando Javier Colón Aponte MSCJ, CBMA,COC, CASCC, CPPM,CFWAP, CWHBP, RON, NSA DNA MEDSOLUTIONS, LLC℠ "The DNA of Healthcare Economics Optimization and Fraud Prevention"™

Isn't it interesting that staff satisfaction is now more of a concern to hospital leaders than patient satisfaction? That's what the latest survey from the American College of Healthcare Executives found. Most of what hospital leaders are doing to address workforce challenges are operational strategies, but there's no doubt that the design of the physical environment directly contributes to the success of most operational strategies. My latest blog post. #healthcaredesign #hospitaldesign #staffsatisfaction #designstrategies #saramarberry .

The “Super Float Pool”Comprised of All Your Healthcare Workforce Pools Connected by ShiftMed We are leading the way with what the market is asking for to aggregate and innovate the workforce approach. With our mobile and web-based platform, the "Super Float Pool" approach connects inpatient, outpatient, non-clinical, post-acute, and on-demand employees seamlessly. ShiftMed's Flex capabilities for internal employees and on-demand capabilities for local workforce pool creation are just the beginning. Our automation AI for cascading shifts across your pools and across your regions connects once forgotten labor pools (eg outpatient and allied health) into one cohesive ecosystem of choice and engagement. With CareerStaff Unlimited (now part of the ShiftMed family), they can offer critical gap fill across healthcare partners in difficult to fill settings (eg post acute). Congratulations to Todd Walrath and Jacob Laufer , MBA MBA, for their Vision of a Digital Staffing Platform and making this possible and believing in a new Vision for health system workforces 2 years ago. ShiftMed is laying the foundation for independence and choice of systems while achieving unparalleled staffing and fill for our healthcare system and staffing/MSP partners - #healthcare #nursestaffing #healthcareworkforce #innovation #ShiftMed #workforce #evolution

I strongly suggest a review of Kaufman Hall's latest 2023 State of Healthcare Performance Improvement report (https://lnkd.in/gjPvSxWq), detailing the continuing workforce challenges our health systems and partners face. Automation technology will be critical in achieving long-term stability. Learn how Axuall's Clinician Data Network can support your organization with: 1. Workforce Planning Intelligence 2. Workforce Recruiting Intelligence 3. Workforce Onboarding Intelligence

🏥 Workforce challenges continue to be a struggle in healthcare. The latest Kaufman Hall report surveyed 106 healthcare leaders, and the stats are eye-opening: ✅ 66% running below full capacity due to staffing shortages. ✅ 63% grappling with patient access demands. ✅ 98% actively seeking recruitment and retention solutions. Axuall's clinician data network is a game-changer for healthcare workforce operations, saving time, boosting provider morale, and elevating patient care. It's a win-win-win! 🔓 Unleash the power of Axuall for your healthcare organization. Transform your clinical workforce with the future in mind. Contact our team today! #healthcare #workforce #innovation

Workforce issues remain a top concern for hospital CEOs, with technician shortages leading the list. Discover how you can empower healthcare leaders with comprehensive strategies to navigate and resolve these critical challenges.

Great insights! In addition to staffing, payer reimbursements continue to be a key financial challenge for most hospitals. Learn more about how to optimize your payer negotiations to get higher reimbursements👉 https://lnkd.in/d94uPD_Z #EllsworthConsulting #HealthcareInnovation #ConsultingServices #HealthcareLeadership #PayerNegotiations #HealthcareConsulting #HealthcareManagement #ContractNegotiation #HealthcareContracts #ContractStrategies #ContractSolutions #NegotiationSuccess

The rising costs of caring, economic uncertainty, the impact of the great resignation, the consequent labor shortages, and the multi-year delay in investing in technology and processes to re-engineer the financial process have created a perfect storm. Worsening the condition is the demand for medical care slowly shifting from hospitals to ambulatory care settings. #hospitals #technology #costs #costsofcaring #revenuecyclemanagement #revenuecycle #healthcare #healthcarecosts

The rising costs of caring, economic uncertainty, the impact of the great resignation, the consequent labor shortages, and the multi-year delay in investing in technology and processes to re-engineer the financial process have created a perfect storm. Worsening the condition is the demand for medical care slowly shifting from hospitals to ambulatory care settings. #hospitals #technology #costs #costsofcaring #revenuecyclemanagement #revenuecycle #healthcare #healthcarecosts