By now, even everyday Americans are aware of the scale of the national registered nursing (RN) shortage. A McKinsey study found that at least a third of all RNs are either retiring early, switching to another kind of work or thinking strongly about one of those options.
As part of its growing corporate commitment to social and environmental responsibility, Equum Medical has taken the health sector pledge, which has garnered the support of leading health systems, hospitals, industry associations and nonprofit groups. Participants promise in writing to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050, while producing detailed plans to prepare their facilities and communities for both chronic and catastrophic climate impacts.
If urban hospitals’ fiscal health is in need of some outpatient care management, rural hospitals are in the ICU, on life support. Strong doses of telehealth consults and facility optimization are needed, and stat.
By Brian Rosenfeld, MD Physicians have a long-established pattern of working many years beyond when other professionals have on average retired. Before the pandemic, that trend was poised to continue with a survey showing widespread career satisfaction among all doctors, especially older physicians. But COVID-19 has changed all that, marking a profound shift in physicians’ professional outlook. A year and a half into the pandemic, a December 2021 survey of thousands of physicians revealed widespread burnout, depression and fear of infection, especially among older docs. One in three respondents said they intended to reduce work hours in the next 12 months and one in five was likely to leave their current practice within two years. The pandemic appears to have […]
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Brian Rosenfeld, MD
EVP, EQUUM Medical
Lou Silverman
CEO at Hicuity Health
