Provider burnout and disengagement resulting in physician shortages could be the most disruptive force facing healthcare organizations in the next three years, according to a March 16 AMN Healthcare report shared with Becker's.
The report surveyed 551 healthcare executives between November and December 2020. Survey respondent demographics were 38 percent C-level executives or trustees, 9 percent vice presidents and 53 percent directors or managers. The genders of respondents were 56 percent female and 41 percent male. Eighty-eight percent of respondents were hospital leaders, while 12 percent were health system leaders.
Six takeaways from the survey results:
- Burnout, disengagement and physician shortages among healthcare providers are the most disruptive forces healthcare organizations face, followed by financial pressures and government regulations.
- Only 12 percent of organizations expect to completely leave remote work in 2021.
- Eighty-three percent of healthcare executives said they were experiencing nurse shortages, followed by 30 percent experiencing physician shortages and 14 percent facing executive shortages.
- Eighty-two percent of healthcare executives say filling executive positions remains challenging.
- Catching up on elective procedures is the top strategy healthcare executives will use to grow in 2021.
- Telehealth management is the skill healthcare executives will need to develop the most in 2021.
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