Are employee turnover and staffing shortages leading to employee retention issues that are preventing your home healthcare organization from realizing its full potential? Gallup and McKinsey have shown that engaging employees can lead to increased retention and improved productivity and efficiency. These increases are because engaged employees are typically more motivated, committed, and invested in their work, which can lead to improved performance and better employee retention.

Employee retention can be challenging in the home healthcare industry due to the demanding nature of the work; engaging employees may be critical. Some strategies that organizations in this industry may consider to engage their employees to include:

• Creating two-way communication with all your employees, providing your frontline employees with a voice, and showing a commitment to listen to their needs are essential to creating a meaningful connection across the entire company.
• Providing opportunities for professional development. This includes training, education, and career advancement opportunities, which can keep employees motivated and invested in their work.
• Recognizing and rewarding employees for their contributions: This can include regular feedback and appreciation and more formal recognition programs.
• Creating a positive work environment: This can include providing a supportive and collaborative work culture and addressing any issues or concerns that employees may have.
• Encouraging employee involvement: Allowing employees to have a say in how their work is done and providing opportunities for them to contribute their ideas can help to engage them and make them feel more invested in the organization.

Engaging home healthcare employees may require a multifaceted approach. Still, the efforts can pay off in terms of increased retention, improved productivity and efficiency, and ultimately better patient outcomes.

When searching for a communication platform to provide this engagement, ensuring that your communications are secure, HIPPA compliant, and highly structured is essential. Meeting these requirements will allow you to manage, measure, and adjust your employee communications to meet your needs and positively impact employee retention. Additional features you may want include automated permissions that adapt to your ever changing dynamic workforce, forms/surveys, resources, and an app hub (which will provide one place for everything your employees want to access).