Workforce

Everyone is selling scale, features and AI. Health systems need fill, execution, quality and accountability. They should hold every workforce partner to that standard, including us. For most of my 20 years in workforce strategy, our industry has sold the…

Forbes named 900 companies to its 2026 list of the World’s Best Employers, including 62 healthcare organizations. Forbes worked with market research firm Statista on the seventh annual ranking, published Sept. 29. Statista surveyed more than 300,000 employees in more…

The U.S. healthcare workforce shortage will nearly double by 2040 without intervention, but pairing talent investment with new care delivery models could close 92% of the gap, according to Chicago-based, for-profit healthcare educator, Covista. The Covista Healthcare Workforce Index was…

Employers are turning to consultants, AI coaching tools and more frequent check-ins to give their Generation Z employees the clear, regular direction those workers say they crave, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 27. Advice for managers includes asking how…

The nation’s supply of surgeons is projected to decline 4.2% from 2023 to 2038, while demand for surgeons will increase 12.8%, according to a study led by the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland.  The American College…

Hiring in the hospitals and healthcare sector fell 12.1% year over year in August, one of the steepest declines of any industry in the report, according to LinkedIn. The LinkedIn Workforce Report, published Sept. 18, measures hiring through LinkedIn’s hiring…

Nurse practitioners are the fastest-growing healthcare occupation in the country. They are also one of the hardest to hire, according to health system chief human resources officers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released projections of the 30 fastest-growing occupations…

Hospitals have spent billions of dollars making workplace violence easier to count and no easier to survive. For decades, it has been treated as an occupational hazard, something clinical staff are expected to absorb as part of the job. That…

Across the country, there are about 27 hospitals and systems with a chief of advanced practice, and more are considering adding the role. But when is a hospital ready for a chief APP? “When you’re evaluating this, start with the…

Retention has been on CHROs’ agendas for years. What stood out in 2026 is how far it has spread. In Becker’s conversations with HR leaders this year, retention came up in discussions of well-being, Generation Z, development and how front-line…