Not Sleeping?

What keeps community hospital chief executive officers (CEOs) up at night? I read the list from a survey released this year (see Survey: Workforce Challenges Cited By CEOs As Top Issue Confronting Hospitals In 2022) and think the results resonate with most of the provider organization executives I know. The top three are workforce challenges, financial challenges, and behavioral health issues. Consumer safety, care quality, government mandates, and access to care were the next tier of concerns.

The fact that workforce challenges topped the list wasn’t surprising. Executives responding to the survey identified shortages of certain types of professionals . . .