As of data updated Wednesday, about 78% of hospital inpatient beds across approximately 5,000 hospitals were in use, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. An estimated 333,942 health care providers said goodbye to the workforce in 2021, according to an October 2022 analysis by Definitive Healthcare, a commercial data intelligence firm. “We recognize and have planned for the possibility that patients could overwhelm Oregon hospitals, forcing decisions about available resources for care. “In the face of this unprecedented demand, we continue to meet the needs of our patients thanks to the commitment and dedication of frontline health care workers,” Robinson says. He says the health system had been making progress in addressing those issues in 2022 by ramping up recruitment at nursing schools, offering incentives like student loan forgiveness and deploying other tactics.
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