Violence, to a certain degree, has for years been expected among those working in healthcare, multiple experts recounted to Becker's. But increases in the number and severity of such incidents since the pandemic have prompted hospital leaders to rethink how they address the issue. An estimated 42% of healthcare professionals reported feeling unsafe at work in 2023, according to a new report from healthcare staffing agency Vivian Health. The increase in violent incidents also is leading some...

As hospitals face new pressures and begin aligning with their 2024 strategic plans, the key focuses of many hospital leaders are the same: how AI will shape healthcare, finding workflow solutions, recruiting and retaining nurses, and combating workplace violence. The following responses were shared directly with Becker's from five clinical and hospital leaders throughout the U.S. Note that responses have been lightly edited for length and clarity. Sunil Madan, MD, chief medical officer at...

Overwhelming, chaotic, inefficient, dysfunctional — all four words appear throughout a recent report describing the nationwide challenge of emergency department boarding published by the American College of Emergency Physicians. ED boarding can be caused by a variety of factors, including healthcare workforce and staffing challenges, transparency and reimbursement issues with payers, inadequate resources for mental healthcare, barriers to discharging patients to other inpatient services and...

There is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to managing teams, and managers may take different approaches based on team size, organization size, organizational needs and other factors. However, one approach has risen to the surface recently: "quiet management." Career coach Adam Broda posted about the topic on LinkedIn last year. He said quiet managers stop checking employee start and stop times, let people choose to work where they want, encourage guilt-free time off, remove unnecessary...