Tag: Healthcare Workers

March 20, 2024

Staffing Shortages: The Root Cause of Burnout While consumers ranked paperwork as a leading cause of burnout in the October 2022 survey, healthcare workers overwhelmingly pointed to staffing shortages (58%) followed by low pay and long hours (46.6%). Other contributing […]

March 31, 2023

Hiring and retaining top-quality candidates in the healthcare sector has been a significant challenge. Aside from the risk of working around patients infected with diseases, as we saw during the COVID-19 outbreak, they are also faced with several difficulties. The […]

February 7, 2023

Brought on by burnout and attrition in the wake of the pandemic, the healthcare industry faces severe staffing challenges. The percentage of healthcare employees who said they intend to stay in their job fell four percentage points in 2022 compared […]

December 12, 2022

Healthcare workers across the country have waged strikes throughout the year to address issues like staffing and wages in employment contracts following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. At Cedars-Sinai, low pay, high turnover and the rising cost of living […]

November 23, 2022

The healthcare system has faced unprecedented challenges over the past two years. From longer patient wait times and staff shortages to misinterpretation of symptoms and incorrect diagnoses, the recent healthcare crisis has highlighted several weaknesses in how the system works. […]

October 26, 2022

Burnout has led to widespread staffing challenges throughout the COVID-19 pandemic among all types of medical professionals, including physicians and support staff. On top of the physicians and nurse practitioners who left their roles, over 22,000 physician assistants and physical […]

October 11, 2022

Healthcare workers have dealt with widespread burnout challenges throughout the coronavirus pandemic, but for those in certain roles, feelings of stress and emotional exhaustion continue to rise even as COVID-19 cases have waned this year. Burnout among physicians has risen […]

August 16, 2022

As more contracts covering unionized healthcare workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic come up for expiration, nurses, technicians and other staff are pushing for measures to improve working conditions and safety in the years following the historic […]

April 11, 2022

During the first wave of the pandemic, 1.5 million healthcare workers lost their jobs when medical offices closed and hospitals postponed non-emergency care to free up resources and prevent the spread of COVID-19. Many of those jobs have since bounced […]

December 23, 2021

The Supreme Court is fast-tracking two legal cases challenging President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates, including a requirement for certain healthcare workers. The high court announced Wednesday it will hold a special hearing Jan. 7 to hear oral arguments over […]

December 22, 2021

California will soon require healthcare workers in the state to receive a COVID-19 booster shot, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced via a Tuesday evening tweet. “With omicron on the rise, we’re taking immediate actions to protect Californians and ensure our hospitals […]

November 29, 2021

A judge has blocked enforcement of the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers in 10 rural states pending a trial over whether the federal government exceeded its authority in issuing the nationwide requirement. Matthew T. Schelp, U.S. district […]

November 22, 2021

In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, while many of us remained in the safety of our own homes, frontline healthcare workers faced a sudden influx of patients with the new, highly contagious, life-threatening disease. This undoubtedly caused a […]

November 15, 2021

Coagulopathy in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) displays unusually. Not only do patients display impaired fibrinolysis, but also platelet aggregation, inflammation, and microthrombi. Understanding this pathology could help healthcare workers treat these symptoms, often associated with low survival levels in severe […]

September 10, 2021

Since vaccines became available earlier this year for COVID-19, many hospitals and healthcare systems have been struggling with getting their workers vaccinated. Some providers have used initiatives such as targeted mass emails to encourage employees to do so. Others have […]

July 7, 2021

Several vaccines have been rolled out to bring the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic under control. However, the emergence of new variants of concern (VOCs) of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) may pose a threat to […]

July 1, 2021

One year after infection by SARS-CoV-2, most people maintain anti-Spike antibodies regardless of the severity of their symptoms, according to a study with healthcare workers co-led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), the Catalan Health Institute (ICS) and […]

June 30, 2021

Hospitals and health systems across the country have been recognizing milestones that didn’t exist two years ago, more than one year since we admitted the first COVID-19 patient. One year since we experienced the first COVID-19 death. One year since […]

March 25, 2021

The majority of people (59% of the total polled) want healthcare workers to continue to use personal protective equipment (PPE) at the same frequency as they are using it during the Covid-19 pandemic even after its ends, according to a […]

November 23, 2020

The rapid spread of COVID-19 overwhelmed hospitals that were unable to contend with the increasing number of patients, many requiring ventilators and other critical care. Such conditions can put medical workers at risk. Now researchers are studying methods to increase […]