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Forbes last week released its second list of "America's Best Employers for Healthcare Professionals," highlighting 250 organizations where employees are reporting stronger pay, conditions, and career support.
Methodology
For the rankings, Forbes partnered with Statista to survey over 30,000 employees working for healthcare and social services providers that employed at least 1,000 people within the United States.
Participants were asked how likely they were to recommend their current employer to others and rate it based on a variety of criteria, including wages, working conditions and schedules, career advancement opportunities, and safety.
Respondents were also asked how likely they were to recommend a previous employer from within the last two years, as well as other healthcare organizations they knew through either industry experience or family or friends who had worked there.
The responses were then analyzed and incorporated into a scoring system that also factored in data from the previous three years of employer surveys at a lesser weight.
The top 10 healthcare employers
In total, 250 organizations across the United States earned recognition, offering a snapshot of where healthcare professionals say they feel best supported in an industry under historic pressure.
According to Forbes, the top 10 organizations for healthcare employers were:
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, TN)
- University of Mississippi Medical Center (Jackson, MS)
- St. Luke's University Health Network (Bethlehem, PA)
- Houston Methodist (Houston, TX)
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (Atlanta, GA)
- Community Health Network (Indianapolis, IN)
- Cincinnati Children's (Cincinnati, OH)
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (Columbus, OH)
- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)
- Mayo Clinic Health System (Rochester MN)
See the other 240 organizations that earned a spot on Forbes' ranking in the full list.
Burnout rates are still a concern in healthcare
In the rankings, Forbes noted that while burnout rates vary across the United States and different specialties, feelings of burnout among healthcare professionals have remained high in recent years, ranging from around 35% to 50% of clinicians who report professional stress and feeling overwhelmed. A recent survey from Harris Poll also found that more than half of healthcare workers are looking to change jobs.
"Our patients are coming in more sick with more medical conditions than even five years ago, while the amount of administrative paperwork has risen," said Tina Shah, a pulmonary and critical care physician in New Jersey who has advised three presidential administrations on healthcare workforce well-being.
Some technical advancements, especially AI tools, have aimed to lighten the administrative burdens that fall on healthcare providers and other staff, but this hasn't always been the case, Forbes reports. While AI can be helpful, it can also cause issues if, for example, the automation of tasks leads to the erosion of human skills and errors that hurt patients.
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In order to improve the status quo for both providers and patients, Shah said that employers need to "understand well-being at a system level and take action."
This includes finding ways to support clinicians, not just through new technology but through substantive strategies, including "empowering us to work flexible hours and easily find childcare," Shah said. "These are the things that can make healthcare not just good but great — and it starts with giving the healers in healthcare what they need to work at their best."
(Peachman, Forbes, 9/23)
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