Staffing has become one of the greatest barriers to delivering high-quality care in home health and hospice. In fact, staffing shortages were cited as the leading concern among 35 percent of 112 hospice professionals in this year’s Outlook Survey conducted by Hospice News and Homecare Homebase1 .
With shortages expected to continue into 2025 and beyond, leadership is looking for ways to protect the teams they have—and attract the ones they need.
The good news? There are ways to relieve pressure without sacrificing care.
Understanding the Challenge: A Shrinking Workforce
According to industry reports, the demand for home-based care is increasing, but the workforce isn’t keeping pace. Clinicians are leaving due to burnout, administrative burden, and work-life imbalance—problems that documentation often makes worse.
Without enough staff, agencies are forced to:
- Stretch existing teams thin
- Limit their capacity for new patients
- Risk decreased care quality and compliance
How Innovation Helps Keep Teams Together
nVoq’s solutions were designed not just to streamline workflows — but to reduce stress and restore time.
Mobile Voice lets clinicians document at the point of care using natural speech, reducing after-hours work and admin fatigue. Unlike other note-taking applications, nVoq is fully HIPAA-compliant, meaning your clinicians can speak freely – confident their documentation is secure and accurate.
Note Assist provides real-time support resulting in complete, compliant notes—reducing rework and improving QA turnaround.
The outcome? Fewer late nights. Fewer frustrations. More time for patients—and for life.
“Voice-enabled solutions are here to stay. We’ve seen positive data trends since implementation, and we’ve now made it mandatory for our staff. Clinicians expect these tools, and agencies that fail to adopt them risk falling behind.”
A Retention Strategy That Works
When clinicians feel supported by their tools, they’re more likely to stay. nVoq doesn’t just reduce clicks—it helps teams lighten their administrative workload while keeping them in control of the results.
Your staff is your most valuable resource. Our tools help protect them.
nVoq is innovating to help counteract the impact of a shrinking workforce. In our upcoming event focused on where nVoq is headed, we will preview what’s next for voice-powered solutions in post-acute care.
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1. "Hospice News. (2025, February 19). Staffing shortages weighing on hospice executives’ minds in 2025. Hospice News. Retrieved from https://hospicenews.com/2025/02/19/staffing-shortages-weighing-on-hospice-executives-minds-in-2025/