All 27 In Chapter 2 We Learned About The Management Of Scarce Resources Money Labor Materials Etc As Future Hospi 1 (229.72 KiB) Viewed 27 times
All, 27 In Chapter 2 we learned about the management of scarce resources (Money, Labor, Materials, Etc). As future hospital administrators/leaders, you will be tasked with managing those resources and making the best decision with what you have available to you to provide your services. Right now healthcare is struggling with labor shortages after some very tough years. Please do the following: 1) Read the short article below 2) comment with your ideas as to what is causing the shortage 3) If YOU were in charge of your own healthcare facility, what you would do to combat this for your own operations to stay appropriately staffed (remember, paying more seems to be the easy answer and often it is part of the issue, but in this exercise you are also responsible for the financial health of your institution, so your funds may be scarce) 4) Then comment on at least one other students posting 11% of US hospitals critically understaffed, 21% anticipate shortages: Numbers by state Marissa Plescia and Kelly Gooch - yesterday More than 11 percent - or 672 of 6,068 — of hospitals reporting staffing levels in the U.S. are experiencing critical staffing shortages, according to HHS data posted Jan. 30. This is about 1 percentage point less than figures released Jan. 27 and about 2 percentage points less than figures released Jan. 24. A critical staffing shortage is based on a facility's needs and internal policies for staffing ratios, according to HHS. Hospitals using temporary staff to meet staffing ratios are not counted among those experiencing a shortage. Meanwhile, almost 21 percent or 1,273 of 6,068 of hospitals reporting staffing levels in the U.S. are anticipating shortages in the next week.
About 33 percent of hospitals did not report if they're currently experiencing shortages, and about 21 percent did not report if they anticipate shortages. Below are two lists showing current staffing shortages and anticipated shortages. Percent of hospitals in top 10 states experiencing critical staffing shortages, ranked in descending order: 1. Vermont: 64.71 percent 2. New Mexico: 44.44 percent 3. North Dakota: 30 percent 4. Wisconsin: 29.33 percent 5. Kentucky: 28.45 percent 6. Michigan: 26.99 percent 7. South Carolina: 26.74 percent 8. Indiana: 24.85 percent 9. Georgia: 24.42 percent 10. Louisiana: 24.34 percent
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