The Pros And Cons Of Health Care Organizations

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Great post. It is true that health care organization should develop strategies to retain skilled and experienced health care professionals in order to remain highly competitive. But the fact is that such caliber of professionals cannot be retained for life due to certain uncontrollable factors, such as aging. According to Alliance for Health Reform (2011), 40% of practicing physicians are older than 55yrs and one-third of the nursing workforce is over the age 50. This means that in the next five years this group of health care professional will be retiring. The irony is that, as these individuals may cause a shortage in the workforce, they will be increasing the demands for health needs as members of baby boomers. Therefore, health care organizations