: (Cross Country Healthcare President and CEO John Martins was a keynote panelist at Staffing Industry Analyst’s (SIA) annual Healthcare Staffing Summit, held at the Marriott Marquis in Houston, Texas November 2-4, 2022. John along with the top executives from Aya Healthcare, Medicus Healthcare Solutions, AMN Healthcare and MedPro Healthcare Staffing, comprised ‘The Future of Healthcare Staffing’ panel, addressing challenges that currently face the healthcare staffing industry.)

Cross Country Healthcare President and CEO John Martins was a keynote panelist at Staffing Industry Analyst’s (SIA) annual Healthcare Staffing Summit, held at the Marriott Marquis in Houston, Texas November 2-4, 2022. John and the top executives from Aya Healthcare, Medicus Healthcare Solutions, AMN Healthcare and MedPro Healthcare Staffing comprised The Future of Healthcare Staffing panel, addressing challenges currently facing the healthcare staffing industry.When asked about some of these pressing issues, Martin referenced data that shows a current US nursing shortage in acute care at the bedside of 400,000, as well as additional research that projects a shortage of as many as one million nurses in 10 years. He also shared results of Cross Country’s own survey of 1,800 nurses, which found a high percentage saying burnout and fatigue are causing nurse shortages.“At Cross Country, we say we want to be helping the whole labor solution, not just contingency labor,” Martins said. “And us as an industry, that’s really what we need to do. How are we going to help solve the long-term issue? How are we going to help upskill clinicians? How are we going to help increase the supply?”Martins suggested the industry additionally needs to focus on engagement and retention efforts to increase the current nursing supply. Other healthcare staffing executives shared alternative suggestions that might help increase the current nursing supply.Liz Tonkin, CEO of MedPro Healthcare Staffing, suggested easing the immigration process in the United States to encourage foreign nurses to join the labor pool here. She acknowledged, however, that this would be a multi-year process that would not provide immediate relief.Alan Braynin, CEO and president of Aya Healthcare, suggested governmental assistance in the form of increased reimbursements for nurses. He noted that there is a misalignment between the difficulty of nursing jobs and the pay they receive, which prompts some nurses to leave the profession fairly quickly after starting their careers.SIA president Barry Asin asked the panel what they saw happening in the industry over the next five years. James Taylor, group president and COO of AMN Healthcare, said he hoped the staffing industry could become more collaborative in the process of helping improve healthcare equity, noting that a quarter of the population doesn’t have full access to medical care.Cross Country Healthcare has been customizing solutions for healthcare systems and hospitals facing staffing challenges for 36 years. To speak with one of our experts about your unique challenges, we invite you to contact us today to schedule a consultation.

CEO John Martins a Keynote Panelist at SIA’s Annual Healthcare Staffing Summit Event