Coming Healthcare Worker-Shortage

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA

It’s All in the Demographics

[A New AAHC Report]

[By Staff Reporters]

Current domestic policies will not avert a US health work-force crisis, according to a new report released by the Association of Academic Health Centers [AAHCs]. Moreover, it recommends developing a national planning body to unite efforts to slow/end work-force shortages.

The Report

The association’s report, “Out of Order, Out of Time: The State of the Nation’s Health Workforce,” points to a long and growing list of challenges. These include projected shortages in primary care and nursing; as the baby-boomer wave of retiring physicians and increasing medical needs of the growing elderly population exacerbate.

Lifestyle Preferences

Also, as reported in the American Medical News, on August 25, other issues fueling shortages of health-care workers include lifestyle preferences (regular work hours and family), economic disparities, rising medical school debt loads, and a dwindling pool of medical school faculty, with fragmented health care work-force policymaking.

Assessment

If this all isn’t enough to discourage new entrants from joining the healthcare industry, the plummeting value of present-day small-to-medium sized private medical practices just might.

In fact, our Publisher-in-Chief, Dr. David Edward Marcinko was recently interviewed by the American Medical News on this very topic. And, the un-edited version of that interview will appear in an upcoming issue of the Medical Executive-Post, shortly after AMNews publication.

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Of Hospital CXOs

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA

Benchmarks versus Hunches

By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA, CMP™

Publisher-in-Chief

By Hope Rachel Hetico; RN, MHA, CMP™

Managing Editor

As administrators and physician-executives, we have often wondered about the managerial thought processes of some former hospital CXOs.

Our History in Georgia

For example, since arriving in Atlanta in the early 1980s, we have seen more than a dozen hospitals and five free-standing outpatient treatment centers shuttered due to fiscal insolvency.  Included among the closures were urban and suburban entities, as well as private and public organizations following both profit and not-for-profit business models. 

The recent public plight of Grady Memorial Hospital, our only Level III trauma center, is another good illustration. And, there seems to be no commonality among the casualties. 

CXO Hunches

We can only surmise that these healthcare organizations were run according to CXO “hunches” regarding cash flow analysis, revenue augmentation and cash conversion cycles, etc.

If true, this reinforces our belief that, although providing high-quality medical care remains the primary concern of all healthcare organizations, profitability does matter … and the maxim “no margin, no mission” still applies. 

CXO Benchmarks

Fortunately, we are better informed today as real [entity specific] business benchmarks – not best guesses – can be used to help us make wiser strategic and more profitable financial decisions for almost any healthcare organization.  

Assessment

Therefore, we are grateful for the opportunity to edit this blog’s companion print journal guide, Healthcare Organizations [Financial Management Strategies] www.HealthcareFinancials.com

It’s a behemoth at 1,200 pages – in 2 volumes – and produced in arm’s length fashion by iMBA, Inc www.MedicalBusinessAdvisors.com

We trust you, and your healthcare organization, will review, use and profit by it.

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Conclusion

Let benchmarks, this blog, and Healthcare Organizations: [Financial Management Strategies] take precedence over your gut in guiding your decisions.

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