As the "Great Resignation" has been featured widely in media and felt across organizations, it may be helpful to turn to internal people analytics to understand the reality of the situation at each organization, according to a Feb. 24 McKinsey podcast.

Washington, D.C., has the highest number of active physicians per 100,000 residents, according to the latest Association of American Medical Colleges State Physician Workforce Data Report. The state with the most active physicians per resident is Massachusetts, while Idaho is the state with the least. 

Hospitals across the country are facing staffing shortages and seeing their labor expenses soar as they compete for talent. 

Hospitals gained jobs in February for the second straight month amid job growth in the industry, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The American Hospital Association is urging Congress to address workforce challenges facing healthcare facilities, calling the issue a national emergency.

The Senate passed legislation March 2 aimed at halting the federal COVID-19 vaccination mandate for eligible healthcare workers participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs.

New Jersey will postpone the Feb. 28 deadline for all healthcare workers to receive a COVID-19 booster shot. 

CMS will not release quarterly data on the number of hospital workers vaccinated against COVID-19 and instead will release a full year of the data in October, an agency spokesperson confirmed to Becker's.  

Nurses under 35 years old have been hit hard by the pandemic, with many suffering from mental health issues and over half of them considering leaving their positions already, signaling a looming crisis and need for organizational change, according to a new survey. 

With caregivers dealing with significant burnout due to the pandemic and more clinicians and nurses reaching retirement age, the current shortage of healthcare workers will likely get worse before it improves. Caregivers struggle to maintain balance as they continue to face new variants and surges that fill capacity and strain the entire health system. Reports indicate significant rates of stress and exhaustion. For healthcare leaders, this crisis should serve as a call to action in examining how they help their staff curb the effects of burnout and deliver better patient care.

Stress and burnout are well known and documented among healthcare professionals, and given the rising risk of cyberattacks, health IT teams are also under mounting pressure. Work-related physical maladies, though, also afflict both groups, according to a report from design company Ergotron, published March. 1.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals and health systems have been focused on retaining employees by ensuring their staffing needs are met.  

Columbia-based University of Missouri Health Care is launching a program to recruit contract-based nurses.

Nurses are in high demand and short supply across the US. However, some hospitals like Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles are able to successfully hire and retain nurses.

Primary care physician turnover leads to nearly $1 billion in annual excess healthcare spending, and work-related burnout is a significant contributing factor, according to a new American Medical Association-led study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health has launched a center for well-being to support its healthcare workers manage stress and improve their overall wellness. 

As hospitals look to fill nursing shortages, they are bringing in foreign workers to help ease staffing strain experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Massachusetts has more licensed nurses now, in nearly every category, than before the pandemic. So why do many hospitals have job vacancies?

Violence against healthcare workers is a subject recently highlighted by healthcare organizations across the U.S., which are asking patients to show kindness and patience to staff. It's also picking up steam among state legislators, who are introducing bills to protect healthcare staff. 

New Jersey hospital executives are asking Gov. Phil Murphy to postpone the Feb. 28 deadline for all healthcare workers to receive a COVID-19 booster shot, which tens of thousands of employees have yet to receive, according to North Jersey Media Group.