America’s Health Care Workforce Crisis Is a Patient Care Crisis

Three out of four clinicians say they can’t deliver the care they want to provide. That’s not just a staffing problem—it’s a patient care crisis.

My organization surveyed over 1,300 clinicians and 160 health care executives, and the findings reveal the extent of the problem at hand. Our polling indicates that half of health care executives have reduced their capacity to serve patients—fewer appointments, shorter hours, closed beds—because of their challenges finding workers. And while...