The Healthcare Workforce: Driving Transformation Today and Beyond

摘要

Workforce innovation is a key component in healthcare's transformation. New care delivery models are taking shape in a landscape marked by healthcare reform, technological developments, aging populations, generational differences, and consumerism. These factors, among others, are prompting changes in the workforce and in healthcare organizations. Hospitals must hire and retain a workforce with the right size and skills, in the right place, and at the right time, or else they cannot achieve their quality, safety, and cost-effectiveness goals.