Fortune magazine says the healthcare organizations named to its 20 Best Workplaces in Health Care develop great camaraderie and pride among their employees.
The magazine cited these winning attributes of these workplaces:
- Replacing the usual hierarchy of a healthcare organization with an emotionally supportive workplace where all employees feel as if everyone is treated equally and they feel that they can count on co-workers to support them.
- Employees are proud of what they do and where they work.
- Recognize and reward employees for exceptional work.
- A shared-governance management structure in which managers and lower-level employees regularly work together to solve problems and improve processes.
Fortune said its winners have employee-turnover rates far below industry averages — 7 percent to 10 percent in some cases, compared with the industry average of 14.4 percent.
The top 5 best healthcare workplaces were: Texas Health Resources, in Arlington, Texas; Encompass Home Health and Hospice, in Dallas; Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services, in Eatontown, New Jersey; Southern Ohio Medical Center, in Portsmouth, Ohio; and Martin’s Point Health Care, in Portland, Maine.
