Commentary by Todd Perman, CCIM, Vice Chairman, Global Healthcare Services
Healthcare staffing issues have become common in the wake of the pandemic. Hospitals continue to see staffing shortages: both short-term shortages due to COVID-19 exposure, the ensuing isolation, and long-term shortages created by resignations due to burn-out and workers opting for alternative workplaces with more attractive salaries and schedules.
In January, one hospital made an extraordinary move to attempt to stop a group of its employees from leaving their jobs for another nearby hospital. The unprecedented tactic: a restraining order.
Wisconsin health system ThedaCare argued the restraining order was necessary to g...