Healthcare leaders featured on the BCW’s State of the Economy: Healthcare webinar on Wednesday discussed a range of issues affecting their industry including how all employers must pay more attention to their workers’ wellbeing to prosper and attract new talent. Charlotte Ostman, CEO of the Mental Health Association of Westchester, told attendees that healthcare employers must now consider mental health and employment policies that they historically did not, such as a flexible schedules, remote work and fair compensation for staff who have endured “vicarious trauma” from seeing patients, clients and co-workers suffer through the pandemic. Ostman noted that employers must […]