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Projections indicate that APPs will make up 67.3% of the healthcare workforce by 2030, and studies show their integration into care teams improves outcomes, reduces costs, and enhances patient satisfaction. In rural inpatient programs, APPs are not just valuable—they’re essential. Here’s why, and how to ensure they’re equipped to thrive in these unique settings.
Numerous studies across a variety of industries find that rudeness negatively impacts creativity, performance, and team morale. Not to mention, it increases employee turnover and drives customers away. Apply those consequences to the high-risk, high-stress environment of healthcare delivery (where we face a shortage of doctors and high competition for patients), and the implications are concerning.
Shifting mindsets to create a high-functioning emergency department team is about much more than setting metric goals. In fact, that is a very small part of the effort. Most of the meaningful and effective work is listening, aligning your team around a shared mission, educating your team on the importance of the metrics, and engaging the team in setting goals and creating a strategy to improve performance.
