Updates from an institution that cares. Just as it’s important for patients to find healthcare providers they can trust, UMA believes in offering trustworthy information to the decision-makers who help shape this industry. Our contributors to this blog carefully cover a range of topics centered around workforce training solutions in the healthcare field.
How to Increase Your Entry-Level Healthcare Staff’s Desire to Stay A 2022 study found that the turnover rate for lower-wage healthcare roles, such as aides and assistants, was four times higher than for physicians.1 Finding ways to reduce high turnover rates for these roles can help contribute to smoother business operations while also decreasing expenses […]
Implement These Strategies to Help Inspire Greater Staff Loyalty Attracting and hiring top talent is only one piece of the puzzle when addressing some of the most common staffing issues faced in the healthcare industry today. Finding ways to make this talent want to stay with your organization versus transferring to a different employer – […]
Additional Ways to Help Your Healthcare Staff Feel Better Mentally and Physically More than four in five larger companies offer some type of workplace wellness program.1 These programs can be a good way to help employees improve their mental and physical well-being while also increasing performance levels and reducing turnover rates.2 Finding even more ways […]
In the late 20s and early 30s, America faced the Great Depression. From the end of 2007 to 2009, it was the Great Recession. Now, we’re in the midst of the next “Great,” which has been called the Great Resignation. Here is an explanation of what this term means, a few of the reasons why […]
How to Tell When a Top Healthcare Employee is About to Quit and Ways to Convince Them Not to Since August of 2021, between 500,000 and 600,000 healthcare and social assistance employees have quit their jobs each month.1 As an employer, this can be incredibly frustrating because not only does it require a lot of […]
How to Create a Workplace that Boosts Employee Retention A record number of U.S. employees quit their jobs in 2021, with November holding the most voluntary separations recorded since data was first collected in December 2000 at 4.5 million.1 Of those quits, 626,000 involved workers in the healthcare and social assistance industries.2 This type of […]
Address the Causes of Pharm Tech Burnout to Help Improve Employee Retention Pharmacy technicians are experiencing burnout at somewhat alarming rates, resulting in significant increases in attrition. What’s behind pharm burnout and, perhaps more importantly, how do you deal with these factors to help improve retention? We intend to answer both of these questions. But […]
The healthcare field has lost a large number of employees due to the coronavirus pandemic, with some states even receiving a stern warning that if they don’t act soon, current staff shortages will only get worse.1 One reason behind the overwhelming healthcare exodus is employee burnout, forcing healthcare employers to find ways to combat this […]