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The Staffing Paradox
Why progress doesn’t always feel like relief. The cycle 230+ clinical leaders described, in their own data.
Stage 1
Understaffed
of clinical leaders still call their organization understaffed, even after two years of real improvement.
Stage 2
Disrupted
cite unplanned call-outs as their top staffing issue, climbing to 88% in post-acute settings.
Stage 3
Staff leave
say understaffing itself makes staff more likely to leave for good.
$60,090 to replace one RN (NSI Nursing Solutions).
Stage 4
The gap widens
70% of significantly understaffed organizations see turnover of 30% or more, compared to just 37% of fully staffed ones.
What breaks the cycle
value mobile self-scheduling and shift-swap capability
value advance visibility into call-out risk
value real-time overtime and coverage-gap alerts
Leaders already know where to intervene — scheduling that gets ahead of disruption instead of reacting to it.
Scheduling built
to break the cycle
See the full research behind every number here.
Beyond Healthcare Staffing Shortages: Clinical Leader Perspectives – Inovalon
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