Working in healthcare is often threatening to the physical, mental, and financial health of its very workers.
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It's the time of year when everybody is seeing green, so let's take a look at some recent news about how sustainable and efficient healthcare providers are (or aren't).
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The day this blog is published is International Women's Day. It's actually okay if you didn't know that. It's not okay if you do nothing now that you do know.
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The news changing constantly isn't anything - if you'll pardon the phrase - new. But that's a big part of what's contributed to healthcare worker burnout in the last couple of years. How do we fight that?
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Short staffing. Short supply levels. Long transit times. If healthcare providers keep treating these issues as temporary, their consequences will only last longer and recur more frequently.
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Healthcare providers can't continue to provide goods and services in exchange for money if there are no personnel to provide the services and no goods, period.
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It seems pretty clear the carrot works better than the stick. But does the size of the carrot matter?
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Medical supply shelves need their own elves. But some that are actually there to help out instead of staring at.you all the time like tiny, creepy spies.
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