Healthcare Upside/Down: Healthcare Workforce Staffing Transparency with Sheila Talton

S1E34: On this episode, Healthcare Workforce Staffing Transparency with Sheila Talton CEO of Greymatter Analytics and host Dr. Nick.<br /><br />Staffing of healthcare has grown alongside the oft-shared measure of the percentage of GDP that we spend on healthcare. In fact, those two metrics are closely aligned as staffing constitutes a big proportion of the expenditure for any healthcare facility. Basic math on employees in healthcare at the country level suggest that physicians make up about 5% of the healthcare workforce, nurses about 10% - what goes to make up the remaining 85%? We need to move on from discussions and start with action, actions that increase transparency allowing everyone to understand the healthcare system.<br /><br />Your better pill to swallow is to assess your staffing levels and gather the data to classify your staff into clinical and non-clinical and consider publishing these data.<br /><br />To stream our Station live 24/7 visit <a href="http://www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com" rel="noopener">www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com</a> or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”.<br /><br />Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at <a href="http://www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen" rel="noopener">www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen</a>