“Their workforce does go along when the employer requires it.”Īs some provider organizations reach their first deadlines for partial or full vaccination, more reports are trickling out on just how many employees hospitals and health systems are losing to vaccine mandates.įierce Healthcare will update this list as more deadlines are reached and hospitals share their numbers.Īdvocate Aurora Health has terminated 440 employees who were not vaccinated for COVID-19. “If you look at healthcare systems that have actually mandated this, they’ve retained over 99% of their workforce,” he said in support of the mandates during an August press event. Emanuel, M.D., vice provost for global initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania and a former White House health policy adviser, pointed to the limited workforce fallout among the summer’s early movers as an acceptable loss for workforce-wide coverage. Some industry figures have pushed back on staffing fears. “Mandating that really works a hard step on the smaller hospitals because we don’t have an extra pool of nurses to draw from out there,” he told local news group KAIT. He stressed that staffing issues and the fear of losing too many nurses were major factors in the decision. 22 that his 25-bed rural facility would not require COVID-19 vaccinations. 9 statement.Īrkansas’ Community Hospital Executive Director James Magee said Sept. “As a practical matter, this policy may result in exacerbating the severe workforce shortage problems that currently exist,” American Hospital Association President and CEO Rick Pollack said in a Sept. prepares for healthcare short staffing as Sept.

RELATED: UPDATED Coronavirus tracker: NY gov. However, some executives and industry figures have warned that mandates might place provider organizations in a bind as disgruntled employees choose to walk away rather than comply.

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