Almost every industry has been impacted by COVID-19 but healthcare workers faced much more than financial pressures. We have all heard the stories of medical staff not being able to hug, or in some cases, live with their family members while they worked on the front lines to combat the pandemic.

Resilience, commonly defined as "the ability to quickly recover from challenges," has been a key theme of 2020 and will be vital moving forward. Resilience is at risk for 3 in 5 Americans, according to Cigna's 2020 Resilience Index Report. The consequences of low resilience can have lasting effects on people, businesses and communities.

Two-thirds of full-time workers do not have high resilience, and healthcare workers are less likely to have high resilience compared to the national average. Healthcare workers are significantly less likely than non-healthcare workers nationally to rate their mental health and social life as very good or excellent. In addition, healthcare workers are more likely to be unsatisfied with their current job.

This webinar will outline how healthcare organizations and leaders can build resilience for their workforce with four simple steps. Learn what the data has shown and hear advice for building resilience for tomorrow.

The GCC Taskforce on Workforce Development in Digital Healthcare envisions a sustainable digital health ecosystem through a skilled and empowered local eHealth workforce. We believe that by all stakeholders - government, education, industry, healthcare organisations and others - working together across the GCC region, we can develop a framework for standards and professional development in eHealth that not only creates a loyal, long-term workforce but offers a future for all our young population.

At the GCC eHealth Workforce Development Conference (eHWDC 2021) on 7-8 November 2021, we will provide a discussion forum for all the involved stakeholders as well as workshops and training sessions for medical and IT professionals.

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Hospitals and ASCs are reducing OR capacity and delaying surgery amid a national shortage of anesthesiologists and CRNAs. The result is a wide range of consequences, from upset patients and surgeons, to a decline in hospitals' OR volume and profitability.

Amid this shortage, healthcare leaders are employing creative strategies to keep their OR and out of OR locations open, and continuing to meet their financial targets. Join this discussion to hear how.

Key Learning Points:

• What is causing the shortage of anesthesia providers.
• The most effective strategies for recruiting and retaining anesthesia providers.
• How healthcare leaders can best support their existing anesthesia group.
• The advantages and risks of transitioning to an employed anesthesia model.
• The advantages and disadvantages of contracting with a national or regional anesthesia provider.