Optimizing Staff Utilization: Effective Scheduling and Deployment of Internal Resources

The increase in medically complex patients in today's times warrants the need for multidisciplinary healthcare teams to collaborate with one another to provide care. Failure to clearly define roles and align them with the scope and standards of practice are the biggest mistakes that healthcare teams make when on-boarding Registered Nurses (RNs), Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), and other healthcare team members.

An inclusive healthcare organization is more than just an HR concept. The lack of an inclusive workforce culture in medical organizations can negatively impact the quality of care provided by impeding scientific inquiry. As several studies have shown, it can keep patients of color and LGBT individuals from actively seeking medical help due to fear of discrimination and ostracization, and thus compromise public health.

Diversity and inclusion are paramount in all areas of life. Healthcare being a service industry caters to a large melting pot of humanity. People of varied genders, ages, races, cultural backgrounds, languages, ideologies, sexual orientation, physical and mental abilities, and national origins come to healthcare organizations seeking care.

Did you know that the prevalence of stroke is expected to increase by 21% by 2030? Over 1.2 million citizens in the US are projected to suffer from Parkinson's disease during this period. The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated medical complexities including neurological conditions in patients.

One of the many challenges that the Covid-19 crisis launched at the healthcare industry was that of recruitment. As the pandemic reached its peak levels, the shortage of healthcare workers and the inability of health facilities to hire medical professionals became glaring.

With at least 188 countries rolling out vaccination programs against Covid-19, some countries have issued or are actively considering implementing a vaccine passport system to help open up international and domestic travel. In the United States, although states have been divided over the ethicality of vaccine passports, some states have already adopted the system, hoping that it might contain any further spread of the virus.