Within healthcare organizations, facilities services and health information management have the largest baby boomer populations (both above 25%) and the most significant retirement risk.
The finding is from SullivanCotter's 2023 Workforce Metrics Benchmark Survey, which the Chicago-based consulting firm released March 7.
The survey includes data from 73 healthcare organizations representing a combined workforce of more than 1.4 million individuals across 19 job families, six career-level categories and three demographic groupings.
Below are the functional areas under job families, each with the percent of the staff-level population that are baby boomers, according to the report. Those listed below have the largest baby boomer populations and are considered to have the most retirement risk.
Facilities services
Mailroom services: 44.2%
Boiler room: 42.3%
Transportation: 33.4%
Plant operations: 32.9%
Maintenance: 31.2%
Building services: 30.9%
Health information management
Health informatics and reporting: 43%
EMRs: 30.2%
Transcription: 25.5%
Coding: 24.8%
Mission
Chaplaincy: 39.7%
Support services
Executive support: 34.3%
Basic science and research
Research data abstraction: 34.2%
Financial services
Payroll: 31.7%
Accounts payable and receivable: 28.6%
Billing and coding: 28.5%
Accounting: 24.1%
Credit and collections: 24.1%
Nursing
Registered nursing — quality and utilization: 28%
Registered nursing — clinical informatics: 25.1%
Supply chain management
Purchasing: 26.6%
Inventory control: 23.9%
Advanced practice provider
Clinical nurse specialist: 26%
Ancillary services
Laboratory informatics: 24.8%
Legal and compliance services
Legal support: 24.5%