Nearly half of healthcare execs identify staffing shortages as top trend in shift to value-based care

Staffing shortages tops the list of concerns for healthcare executives in the shift from fee-for-service to value-based care, with 42 percent identifying this as having the biggest influence on their ability to delivery care effectively, according to Premier’s semiannual economic outlook survey. That’s up 41 percent from the spring 2016 survey.

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The most recent survey incorporates answers from 52 health system C-suite executives across the country.

Related to the healthcare workforce, the survey also found 72 percent of C-suite executives believe the supply of primary care physicians is inadequate to meet their needs in the next three years. Additionally, more than half (51 percent) of survey respondents do not have an adequate supply of healthcare extenders, such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

And nearly all (95 percent) of C-suite executives report operational and cultural issues around mergers and acquisitions, according to the survey.

 

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