Category: Workforce

NYC Health + Hospitals rolled out a new care delivery model in 2023 that entails designating one staff member on each unit as a “well-being buddy” tasked with checking in and supporting colleagues.

Artificial intelligence isn’t the only trend set to shape the landscape of work in 2024. Hybrid work and green hiring are other key trends that will be prevalent next year, an expert from LinkedIn told Fortune in a Dec. 24 report. 

Virginia plans to end funding for more than half of the community health workers employed at the state’s local health districts, VPM reported Dec. 22. 

Massachusetts has become the first U.S. state to remove questions about healthcare professionals’ mental health history and past drug use from credentialing processes, a noteworthy instance of stakeholder collaboration. 

Allan Calonge, chief people officer at Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health, will be thinking about how to support workers’ intrinsic desires in 2024. 

Workforce retention is top of mind for the many healthcare leaders as staffing shortages run rampant.

The post-pandemic labor force has 1.5 million fewer individuals with some post-secondary education short of a bachelor’s degree. This shortfall is hitting healthcare hardest, affecting wages and qualification levels among jobholders. 

Minnesota hospitals have lost nearly 1,000 hospital beds since 2020, MPR News reported Dec. 20.

Hospitals are seeing more relief on the job front as wider labor conditions become less volatile, according to a Dec. 20 report from Fitch Ratings. 

Managers’ attempts to quell quiet quitting may be having the opposite effect than they intended, Forbes reported Dec. 14.