Workforce Management: Maintaining an Adequate Healthcare Workforce Amid Shortages, Burnout

The healthcare industry is in crisis mode as staff shortages and burnout reach record highs. Healthcare organizations are striving to maintain an adequate workforce to preserve patient access to care, but leaders must change their recruitment and retention strategies to achieve that goal. Northern Light Health’s SVP and chief people officer Paul Bolin, MBA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, shares how the rural health system in Maine has not only minimized turnover over the last three years but created a diverse team of staff members who stay at the organization.