The war for talent

We live in an era of physician shortage, and talent will be more and more important in the next decades. Excellence will no longer be enough. Hospitals will differentiate themselves from its competitors through innovation.

Hospitals need to attract smart and innovative physicians. Creative physicians come in many different forms. Some are looking for radical big ideas, some others are improvers. Some are great at teamwork, others are “prima donnas” needing space and individualism.

But all of them have in common a strong desire for workplaces that let them be creative. Hospitals seeing this trend, eager to value healthcare professionals ideas, able to challenge them and ready to be proactive to make these ideas happen will no doubt have an edge in attracting, managing and motivating creative talent. This flow of innovation will provide competitive advantage to those hospitals.

Chief innovation officer will be the key position for the hospital of the future.