The healthcare staffing scene after COVID-19
Healthcare staffing has been a challenge for staffing managers throughout nursing history. Before the COVID-19 pandemic effected such drastic nursing shortages, healthcare organizations were already struggling to keep up with the staffing requirements of an aging population. The pandemic exacerbated this issue, with existing nursing staff being overworked, causing many nurses to retire early due to burnout. According to Sara Well, the CEO of Dropstat, the nursing industry has already lost 500,000 nurses due to COVID-19 fatigue, and one million more will be retiring from bedside care in the coming years. This labor shortage can create a public health crisis, impacting patient outcomes and wait times and increasing the cost of care.
Newer technology offers a solution to healthcare staffing struggles
Dropstat’s AI technology is designed to predict staffing needs further in advance, autonomously fill shift gaps using shared staff resources across different departments and facilities, and streamline staffing processes. Traditional nurse staffing systems require staffing managers to identify shift gaps manually and call or text nursing staff on an individual basis. The problems with this include:
- The call-text-wait system is extremely time-consuming.
- It often leaves shifts unfilled.
- Frequently, it does not resolve the problem of the workload of existing nurses.
Healthcare staffing via travel nurses
In an effort to address nursing shortages, healthcare staffing systems have become increasingly reliant on outsourced temporary travel staff, which is expensive and unsustainable. Dropstat’s technology can help healthcare systems reduce the cost of outsourced travel staff by identifying the most efficient in-house staff member to fill shift gaps.
Dropstat’s advanced technology allows healthcare organizations to share staff across departments, units, and facilities, decreasing the use of costly labor solutions and overtime allocation. The company’s mobile and cloud-based systems offer scalable solutions that enable healthcare organizations to reclaim workforce independence.
Dropstat is rapidly expanding its services, with healthcare clients across more than 50 markets in the US. The company’s AI-powered platform is quickly becoming a critical tool for healthcare providers who are looking to manage staffing needs more efficiently.
Learn about Dropstat’s healthcare staffing system
Dropstat is an AI-powered workforce automation platform that helps healthcare organizations combat clinical staffing shortages. With its technology, healthcare organizations can predict staffing needs, visualize and access staff across multiple systems, fill shift gaps with cost and safety optimization, and build internal float teams and agencies. Open APIs integrate with existing travel and shift marketplaces, while cost management technology ensures in-house resources are exhausted before utilizing higher-cost labor.
Dropstat’s upgraded business intelligence dashboards, churn prediction technology, and proprietary staff feedback loops help healthcare organizations build stronger teams, fill more shifts, and spend less.
For more information about Dropstat’s workforce automation platform for scheduling nurses on the frontline of healthcare, visit Dropstat’s website.
NEWS RELEASE
Dropstat, Inc.
April 26, 2023
