By Eric Thépaut, Boston Scientific executive vice president and president, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Published 06-07-23
Submitted by Boston Scientific
Originally published by Health Tech World online
Right now, the global healthcare industry faces a worldwide staffing shortage that is roundly expected to worsen.
A combination of factors is to blame, some pandemic-related – including the tragic scale of COVID-related deaths among healthcare workers – and others structural.
In Europe, where I live, the impact of the shortage has already grown profound:
Unfortunately, the data suggests that resolution is nowhere in sight; the World Health Organization projects a worldwide workforce shortage in 2030 of some 15 million healthcare workers.
Interestingly enough, I’ve noticed that when we business leaders wring our hands over the crisis, we tend to speak about it foremost in economic terms.
Amid all the necessary business talk, I implore us to not lose sight of our true focus: the real-world impact this shortage is having on patient care.
Let me tell you about the impact on one such patient: my sister, Sylvie.
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