HR leaders serving the health care workforce consistently feel the pressure of today’s rapidly changing environment — a delicate balancing act of regulatory compliance, employee safety and labor cost control, while trying to attract and retain qualified staff during a very real skilled labor shortage.
Although these shifts can sometimes feel never-ending, they more often than not can be addressed with process improvements and people management optimizations. Maintaining a proactive stance in confronting three health care-centric obstacles — specifically, an evolving regulatory environment, critical staff shortages and employee safety risk mitigation — can help HR stay ahead of potential problems and position an organization to run at its best.
