Healthcare worker burnout is a critical issue. Bill Charnetski, EVP of Health System Solutions at PointClickCare, reveals how burnout impacts both patient care and operational efficiency, sharing personal insights from his wife’s experience in skilled nursing administration. He advocates for leveraging health information technology to reduce administrative burdens, enhance job satisfaction, and minimize manual errors. The importance of thoughtful policy-making in supporting healthcare workers and ensuring technology adoption effectively addresses their needs without adding to their workload cannot be underscored enough. A shift in tone towards valuing frontline healthcare heroes and implementing flexible, targeted regulations to improve care and operational outcomes is needed.

Healthcare worker burnout is a critical issue. Bill Charnetski, EVP of Health System Solutions at PointClickCare, reveals how burnout impacts both patient care and operational efficiency, sharing personal insights from his wife’s experience in skilled nursing administration. He advocates for leveraging health information technology to reduce administrative burdens, enhance job satisfaction, and minimize manual errors. The importance of thoughtful policy-making in supporting healthcare workers and ensuring technology adoption effectively addresses their needs without adding to their workload cannot be underscored enough. A shift in tone towards valuing frontline healthcare heroes and implementing flexible, targeted regulations to improve care and operational outcomes is needed.

Podnosis: the pulse of the healthcare industry. Every week, journalists from Fierce Healthcare dive into some of the industry’s biggest trends. We talk to the experts about what’s important now so you can prep for the future. Hear about all things healthcare, from physician practices to hospital chains and insurance giants—and those that mix all three—plus the tech they use, disruptors looking to compete and people moving the sector forward. Follow Podnosis on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon or wherever you get your podcasts.

Podnosis: the pulse of the healthcare industry. Every week, journalists from Fierce Healthcare dive into some of the industry’s biggest trends. We talk to the experts about what’s important now so you can prep for the future. Hear about all things healthcare, from physician practices to hospital chains and insurance giants—and those that mix all three—plus the tech they use, disruptors looking to compete and people moving the sector forward. Follow Podnosis on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Podnosis: the pulse of the healthcare industry. Every week, journalists from Fierce Healthcare dive into some of the industry’s biggest trends. We talk to the experts about what’s important now so you can prep for the future. Hear about all things healthcare, from physician practices to hospital chains and insurance giants—and those that mix all three—plus the tech they use, disruptors looking to compete and people moving the sector forward. Follow Podnosis on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon or wherever you get your podcasts.

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