What Are The Biggest Challenges The Industry Is Facing?

Meeting the needs of healthcare workers is no small task, especially in today’s rapidly changing medical industry. To offer high-quality healthcare, effective human resource management is necessary. Employee burnout is one of the top issues HR in healthcare must address, but talent acquisition, training and development, digitization, and high turnover rates are also pressing concerns.

Challenge 1 – Employee Burnout 01

While workplace stress is generally rising, it’s especially alarming in the high-pressure, understaffed healthcare industry. A survey by CareerBuilder found that 54% of nurses report experiencing high levels of chronic, job-related stress. Healthcare workers are not only taking on the physical stress of long shifts and too many patients but the emotional stress of dealing with illness and death. Employees who experience high levels of job-related stress are more likely to disengage, miss work, have negative interactions, and eventually resign. Healthcare employees’ daily occupational stress can easily lead to burnout if left untreated.

Challenge 2 – Staffing Shortages 02
Challenge 3 – High Turnover Rates 03
Challenge 4 – Development Opportunities 04
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46% of HR leaders say employee burnout accounts for up to 50% of their annual workforce turnover.
Source: Wrike
The average hospital has turned over 100.5 % of its workforce in the past five years.
Source: NSI Nursing Solutions, Inc.
47% of leaders could definitively say that people from all backgrounds were encouraged to advance in their organization.
Source: AMN Healthcare
The average cost of turnover for a bedside RN is $46,100, resulting in the average hospital losing between $5.2m – $9.0m.
47% of leaders say their organizations do not offer clear advancement opportunities.

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