Alleviating Healthcare’s Most Pressing Crisis: Labor Shortages

January 30, 2023

By Steve Lefar

It’s undeniable that the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the face of healthcare over the last few years. In addition to affecting patients and health systems everywhere, it has left a lasting mark on the day-to-day experience of hospital staff. As a result, labor shortages and rapid turnover have compounded to form one of healthcare’s most pressing crises – one that we can do more to understand and change.

Moral Injury and Burnout in Healthcare are Becoming Everyone’s Problem

April 4, 2023

By Steve Lefar

Careers in healthcare were once sought after as prestigious, noble and well-paid, but I have witnessed how they have lost their appeal for many in recent years. This emerging workforce crisis is the result of factors like long hours, non-competitive pay, overall burnout and—while traditionally studied in the context of military personnel but now more commonly applied to those practicing medicine—moral injury.

The Current State Of The Healthcare System