Human Resource Management in the Healthcare Setting During COVID-19 Pandemic: Policy Recommendations, Implementation Challenges, and the Way Forward
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The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused a worldwide human resource crisis in the health- care setting due to the continuous and overwhelming demand of the workforce. Failure in managing the human resource will negatively affect the clinical management, prevention, and control of the pandemic; while a well- planned human resource policy can ensure sustainable and sufficient skilful workers to meet the demand. This arti- cle presents policies that are recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other significant studies in addressing the issues faced by many countries during this COVID-19 pandemic. As with all policies, there are various challenges in the implementation of policies related to COVID-19. Therefore, this article also discusses the challenges in the implementation of these policies. This article ends with the proposal for the way forward in human resource management during a pandemic, should another pandemic hit the world.
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