The Healthcare Workforce Crisis: Burnout, Safety, and Staffing Shortages
Strategies to rebuild safety in healthcare.
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Uncover the Challenges, Risks, and Solutions Shaping Healthcare Safety, Staffing, and Well-Being.
Healthcare systems across Canada are facing a critical human resource crisis. A growing shortage of skilled clinicians, coupled with escalating burnout and workplace violence, is threatening patient safety and operational stability. This document highlights the data behind the crisis and how technology integration can help rebuild resilience in healthcare.
Key highlights
Canada’s Healthcare Workforce Crisis
Data revealing staffing shortages, rising burnout, and increasing workplace violence affecting hospitals, and long-term care environments.
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The Role of Safety in Staff Retention
How physical and psychological security directly impact workforce stability and why unsafe environments accelerate turnover.
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Technology as a Driver of Resilience
Integrated security, automation, and predictive analytics helping healthcare institutions rebuild trust, improve safety, and reduce burnout.
What’s inside the report
Research-Driven Insights
- 25% of Canadian healthcare workers plan to leave their jobs within two years.
- 44% cite stress or burnout as their main reason for leaving.
Root Cause Analysis
- Understand how chronic understaffing, administrative overload, and safety challenges are fueling burnout, attrition, and declining care quality across healthcare systems.
- 73% of all workplace violence incidents requiring time off occur in healthcare and social assistance sectors.
Technology in Action
- El Centro achieved an 83% reduction in workplace violence after implementing a hybrid security platform.
- Incident investigation times dropped from several hours to just 15 minutes through real-time monitoring and automation.
Retailer perspectives
- Challenges in prevention, including budget constraints and inadequate training.
- Most effective security solutions and their limitations.
- Challenges in prevention, including budget constraints and inadequate training.
Customer behavior
- How theft impacts shopping decisions and customer loyalty.
- Strategies to balance security with a welcoming store atmosphere.
- How theft impacts shopping decisions and customer loyalty.
Employee safety
- The emotional toll of shoplifting and violence on workers.
- Practical steps to enhance safety and well-being.
- The emotional toll of shoplifting and violence on workers.
Prevention strategies
- Insights into combining technology, training, and resource allocation for effective theft prevention.
- Insights into combining technology, training, and resource allocation for effective theft prevention.
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