Workforce Planning
Navigating the Immigration Journey: How Hospital and Medical Laboratory Leaders Can Optimize Staffing with International Medical Technologists
The healthcare field relies on the expertise and dedication of medical technologists from around the world, especially as lab test results direct 70% of all medical decisions regarding patient care. The U.S. is facing a shortage of medical technologists, also known as medical laboratory scientists (MLS), with an estimated 25,600 MLS openings per year for the next…
Read MoreRecruiting, Maintaining, and Retaining a Multigenerational Team in Healthcare
In today’s healthcare industry, organizations are faced with the challenge of building and maintaining a team that includes individuals from various generations. With many healthcare professionals planning for retirement as well as new graduates entering the workforce, it is essential for healthcare organizations to understand how to recruit, maintain, and retain a multi-generational team. While…
Read MoreUpskilling Your Healthcare Workforce for Tomorrow
As the health industry continues to face staffing shortages of healthcare professionals, it is crucial that organizations plan for the future. While it remains necessary to solve for the immediate crisis at hand, the shortfall of healthcare professionals will only continue to increase if healthcare organizations do not think ahead and plan long term. Upskilling…
Read MoreSolving for the Nurse Staffing Shortage in Florida
Florida, like many states across the U.S., is facing a nursing shortage that needs to be addressed urgently. According to a 2021 report released by the Florida Hospital Association and Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida, the state is projected to face a shortage of 59,100 nurses by 2035. To achieve these staffing levels, Florida…
Read MoreNurse Staffing Shortage in Texas: Why it’s Important to Have a Plan to Close the Gap
The nursing staffing shortage in Texas is a growing concern that needs to be addressed urgently. According to Projections Central, Texas is projected to have 16,210 nursing positions available between 2020 and 2030, making it the second highest state in demand for nurses, after California. However, according to the Texas Health and Human Services’ report,…
Read MoreTreat the Healthcare Job Skills Gap Dilemma with Effective Nursing and Medical Technologist Education
The skills and training job seekers have often doesn’t match the experience required for specialized jobs in the emerging economy. This difference between the skills that employers are looking for and the training and experience that candidates possess is called the “skills gap.” How the Skills Gap Affects Healthcare Professional Retention As a nurse, I…
Read MoreInternational Nurses to Medical Technologists: The Need for Healthcare Diversity
Diversity impacts healthcare on many levels, from the care provider (healthcare professional) to the healthcare recipient (consumer). As it relates to the care provider, diversity and inclusion must begin during the recruitment of hospital or lab staff. Organizations need to step back and assess their efforts to ensure that the same opportunities are available to…
Read MorePandemic to Endemic: Taking Care of Our Healthcare Professionals
Pandemics are a pervasive, rapid spread of disease, with exponentially rising cases over a large area. Endemic viruses, meanwhile, are constantly present and have predictable spread. That predictability allows healthcare systems and doctors to prepare and adapt, reducing loss of life. The Impact of the Pandemic on Healthcare Professionals During the pandemic, more focus was…
Read MoreCan Nurses Make a Difference in Health Equity?
Health inequities are systematic differences in the health status across various social groups and their access and achievement of optimal health, which unfortunately is often the root cause of unfair and avoidable disparities in health outcomes. The dimensions of social identity and location that organize or “structure” differential access to opportunities for health include race…
Read MoreStabilization of the Healthcare Workforce
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every single person in one way or another, leaving no one unscathed. Healthcare and the healthcare system alike have been directly affected and forever changed, not to mention the heavy toll placed on healthcare workers especially. According to a recent survey conducted by Nursing Standard, eight out of ten nurses…
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