The physician assistant workforce in the U.S. surpassed 201,000 for the first time in 2025, according to the National Commission on Certification of PAs’ 2025 Statistical Profile of Board Certified PAs. The report, released May 13, found the number of…
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Health system chief human resources officers in the top-ranked metropolitan areas for new graduate hiring are competing with other booming industries — and seeing more applicants from outside healthcare, such as tech, finance, retail and hospitality. A recent study from…
Physician employment continued to inch up last year, with nearly six in 10 physician practices owned by hospitals or corporate entities, according to a new report from Avalare and the Physicians Advocacy Institute. The two organizations examined physician practice ownership…
San Diego-based Scripps Health cut workplace violence injuries to 88 in 2025 — down from a peak of 101 in 2022 — and its CEO sees that drop as the real measure of progress. For CEO Chris Van Gorder, that…
While tech jobs remain a defining part of California’s economy, healthcare hiring is increasingly sustaining the state’s labor market, with much of the growth concentrated in lower-wage healthcare and social assistance roles, according to a May 11 Economic Innovation Group…
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Entry-level hiring has declined as artificial intelligence reshapes many of the capabilities that once defined first professional jobs, according to a May 4 LinkedIn News post. The average seasonally adjusted hiring rate of U.S. entry-level employees declined 6% between December…
Physician productivity increased in the first quarter of 2026, but so did the cost of sustaining it. Strata’s “Monthly Healthcare Industry Financial Benchmarks” report, drawn from data across more than 135,000 physicians, found that overall work relative value units climbed…
Atlantic City, N.J.-based AtlantiCare and Stockton University in Galloway, N.J., are establishing the Stockton-AtlantiCare College of Community Health in Atlantic City. Four things to know: 1. The alliance will expand healthcare education, workforce development and clinical training opportunities across southeastern…
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic ended remote-only job listings, effective May 1. The system said the change is intended to strengthen collaboration and advance innovation, and new hybrid job postings will require employees to live within 100 miles of their assigned…
Healthcare employment rose by 37,300 in April, in line with the 12-month average of 32,000 monthly job gains, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The bureau released the jobs report May 8. Here are three more takeaways: 1.…