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The Qualtrics 2025 Healthcare Trends Report reveals a striking paradox: while both doctors and nurses report higher engagement than in 2023, their intent to stay with their organizations has actually declined. Despite 72% of both groups feeling engaged, only 70% of doctors and 58% of nurses plan to stay for five years.

 

This disconnect highlights the complex reality facing healthcare workers today. They find personal fulfillment and accomplishment in their work—what drew them to healthcare in the first place—but struggle with organizational challenges that make them question their long-term commitment. The gap is particularly pronounced for nurses, whose retention intentions lag behind other industries.

 

Read the full ebook at https://www.qualtrics.com/ebooks-guides/healthcare-trends-report

 

How do you think healthcare organizations can better bridge the gap between employee engagement and retention intentions?

The Qualtrics 2025 Healthcare Trends Report reveals a striking paradox: while both doctors and nurses report higher engagement than in 2023, their intent to stay with their organizations has actually declined. Despite 72% of both groups feeling engaged, only 70% of doctors and 58% of nurses plan to stay for five years.

 

This disconnect highlights the complex reality facing healthcare workers today. They find personal fulfillment and accomplishment in their work—what drew them to healthcare in the first place—but struggle with organizational challenges that make them question their long-term commitment. The gap is particularly pronounced for nurses, whose retention intentions lag behind other industries.

 

Read the full ebook at https://www.qualtrics.com/ebooks-guides/healthcare-trends-report

 

How do you think healthcare organizations can better bridge the gap between employee engagement and retention intentions?

This is a really interesting study, ​@JamesScutt -- some things that stood out to me are:

From the patient side, the challenges that transgender, biracial, and emergency room patients encounter in simply being visible, accepted, and listened to are staggering and really need to be addressed in terms of overall social determinants of health.

From the clinician side, reluctance to adopt AI is something that healthcare organizations really need to be mindful of. Here’s a cautionary tale from The Daily: Trapped in a ChatGPT Spiral - The New York Times. 

I also think it would be interesting to see what physician offices are experiencing (at least larger practices) because I wonder if burnout rates would be different. Medical practices have also, relatively recently, finished a huge round of investment in electronic health records so may be a bit burned out by the idea of another huge investment in technology. 

The Qualtrics 2025 Healthcare Trends Report reveals a striking paradox: while both doctors and nurses report higher engagement than in 2023, their intent to stay with their organizations has actually declined. Despite 72% of both groups feeling engaged, only 70% of doctors and 58% of nurses plan to stay for five years.

 

This disconnect highlights the complex reality facing healthcare workers today. They find personal fulfillment and accomplishment in their work—what drew them to healthcare in the first place—but struggle with organizational challenges that make them question their long-term commitment. The gap is particularly pronounced for nurses, whose retention intentions lag behind other industries.

 

Read the full ebook at https://www.qualtrics.com/ebooks-guides/healthcare-trends-report

 

How do you think healthcare organizations can better bridge the gap between employee engagement and retention intentions?

This is a really interesting study, ​@JamesScutt -- some things that stood out to me are:

From the patient side, the challenges that transgender, biracial, and emergency room patients encounter in simply being visible, accepted, and listened to are staggering and really need to be addressed in terms of overall social determinants of health.

From the clinician side, reluctance to adopt AI is something that healthcare organizations really need to be mindful of. Here’s a cautionary tale from The Daily: Trapped in a ChatGPT Spiral - The New York Times. 

I also think it would be interesting to see what physician offices are experiencing (at least larger practices) because I wonder if burnout rates would be different. Medical practices have also, relatively recently, finished a huge round of investment in electronic health records so may be a bit burned out by the idea of another huge investment in technology. 

Thanks for sharing ​@AdamK12. From my perspective here in the UK, it’s interesting to hear about the challenges you’re facing. 

The issues around visibility and acceptance resonate strongly. I feel like those are universal social determinants of health that need to be addressed everywhere. It would be fascinating to see if those of us in different healthcare systems are experiencing similar levels of burnout and tech fatigue. Is it a global issue?

The Qualtrics 2025 Healthcare Trends Report reveals a striking paradox: while both doctors and nurses report higher engagement than in 2023, their intent to stay with their organizations has actually declined. Despite 72% of both groups feeling engaged, only 70% of doctors and 58% of nurses plan to stay for five years.

 

This disconnect highlights the complex reality facing healthcare workers today. They find personal fulfillment and accomplishment in their work—what drew them to healthcare in the first place—but struggle with organizational challenges that make them question their long-term commitment. The gap is particularly pronounced for nurses, whose retention intentions lag behind other industries.

 

Read the full ebook at https://www.qualtrics.com/ebooks-guides/healthcare-trends-report

 

How do you think healthcare organizations can better bridge the gap between employee engagement and retention intentions?

This is a really interesting study, ​@JamesScutt -- some things that stood out to me are:

From the patient side, the challenges that transgender, biracial, and emergency room patients encounter in simply being visible, accepted, and listened to are staggering and really need to be addressed in terms of overall social determinants of health.

From the clinician side, reluctance to adopt AI is something that healthcare organizations really need to be mindful of. Here’s a cautionary tale from The Daily: Trapped in a ChatGPT Spiral - The New York Times. 

I also think it would be interesting to see what physician offices are experiencing (at least larger practices) because I wonder if burnout rates would be different. Medical practices have also, relatively recently, finished a huge round of investment in electronic health records so may be a bit burned out by the idea of another huge investment in technology. 

Thanks for sharing ​@AdamK12. From my perspective here in the UK, it’s interesting to hear about the challenges you’re facing. 

The issues around visibility and acceptance resonate strongly. I feel like those are universal social determinants of health that need to be addressed everywhere. It would be fascinating to see if those of us in different healthcare systems are experiencing similar levels of burnout and tech fatigue. Is it a global issue?

Great point, ​@JamesScutt -- I think there’s a lot to be said if we’re seeing burnout across multiple healthcare economic models -- single payer with the NHS vs. market-based for the US. If that’s the case it would be worth examining the root causes of burnout and what changes -- beyond the economic model -- could take place to address it.

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