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As hospital hiring cools and financial pressures persist, health system leaders are intensifying their focus on retention, engagement and leadership trust. While healthcare continues to drive U.S. job growth, hospital hiring has slowed, with at least 11 workforce reductions announced…

As healthcare drives U.S. job gains, not all roles within the industry are seeing increased demand. Demand for nonclinical roles within healthcare organizations is declining relative to demand for healthcare-specific roles, according to a March 3 report from Indeed, which…

Medical staff at Coupeville, Wash.-based WhidbeyHealth have voted “no confidence” in the company providing healthcare management services to the hospital. In a Jan. 28 letter to the board of commissioners, Chief of Staff Robert Rookstool, MD, formally notified the board…

Across the country, health systems are showing that staffing stability is achievable even in a constrained physician market. While workforce pressures are now a daily reality, leading organizations are responding differently: aligning service lines, redesigning care delivery, and building stability…

The hospital staffing emergency has cooled from its pandemic peak, but labor pressure has not disappeared — it has shifted. Rather than trying to out-hire shortages or outbid competitors for scarce talent, more systems are treating workforce strain as a…

Several health systems and industry associations are urging the Education Department to reconsider proposed changes to federal student loan policies, citing workforce and financial challenges that could limit care access. The proposed rule — Reimagining and Improving Student Education, published…

The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office has prosecuted 125 hospital workplace violence cases since July 2023 — work that recently earned the office Scripps Health’s highest honor for distinguished service. On Feb. 26, Scripps President and CEO Chris Van…

As hospitals nationwide contend with margin pressure and persistent workforce shortages, 56 health systems were named to Forbes‘ annual list of America’s Best Large Employers. Leaders from several of those organizations told Becker’s they have deliberately protected — and in…

Becker’s asked pharmacy executives from hospitals and health systems across the U.S. to share 2026’s most pressing workforce challenges and their solutions. The 16 executives featured in this article are all speaking at the Becker’s Healthcare Spring Chief Pharmacy Officer…

Workflow optimization is the fastest-growing skill in healthcare, according to a Feb. 24 LinkedIn News post. LinkedIn News analyzed year-over-year growth in skills based on skill acquisition — the growth of a given skill being added to LinkedIn user profiles…