Over half of healthcare facilities have increased pay rates and hired temporary staff to address allied healthcare professional shortages, a survey found.
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A psychiatry wait list had 880 patients; a hospital couldn’t keep up
This summer, Massachusetts General Hospital had a staggering 880 people on its wait list for psychiatric services. The list had grown so large that the hospital issued an unusual plea to its physicians: Stop referring psychiatry patients for non-urgent care.
Continue readingFoundations and Big Donors Step In to Tackle the Nation’s Nurse Shortage
As more nurses leave their jobs in hospitals and health-care centers, foundations are pouring millions of dollars into efforts to ensure that more stay in the profession and get more out of the job than just the applause and pats on the back they got during the bleakest days of the pandemic.
Continue readingAn autistic teen needed mental health help. He spent weeks in an ER instead.
By his fourth week waiting for help in the emergency room, Zachary Chafos’s skin had turned pale white from lack of sun.
His mother, Cheryl Chafos, bathed her autistic teenage son daily in the ER’s shower, trying to scrub the sickly pallor off him. His father, Tim Chafos, held the 18-year-old’s hand, trying to soothe his son’s pain and confusion over what was happening.
Continue readingMeet the Army of Robots Coming to Fill In for Scarce Workers
Robots are spreading at a record pace, from their traditional strongholds like making automobiles into nearly every other human endeavor
Continue readingSeniors are stuck home alone as health aides flee for higher-paying jobs
While more elderly seek home care to age in place, low-wage workers are finding easier jobs with equal or better pay in retail and restaurants
Continue readingHHS Releases HHS Roadmap for Behavioral Health Integration
On Sept. 16, HHS released the HHS Roadmap for Behavioral Health Integration that aims to provide policy solutions to better integrate mental health and substance use care into the healthcare system.
Continue readingHome care workforce projected to grow 37 percent by 2030
The direct care workforce is projected to add 1.2 million new jobs over the next decade, with most of the growth in home- and community-based services. That is the finding from a new study released Tuesday by PHI National, which researches and supports direct-care jobs.
Continue readingThe U.S. Physician Shortage Is Only Going to Get Worse. Here Are Potential Solutions
If you’ve recently had to wait longer to see a doctor than you used to, that may not be entirely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. America is experiencing a physician shortage, and it’s only expected to get worse—a concerning situation that could lead to poorer health outcomes for many patients.
Continue readingThe Great… Reshuffle, Re-invention, Reassessment? 3 reasons workers are quitting and heading to different sectors
We’re quitting our jobs in record numbers. Why? Because we’re switching industries, trying new things and taking time out.
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