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Fifty-nine percent of healthcare executives said physician specialists are the most difficult clinical job to fill, according to a Covista report. “Covista Care Capacity Monitor” polled 167 healthcare executives and 1,347 healthcare clinicians across disciplines and geographies between Nov. 4…

As hospitals and health systems prioritize workforce well-being, they are moving siloed efforts into enterprisewide strategies. Over the past two years at Kansas City, Mo.-based Children’s Mercy, this has involved unifying historically separate efforts under “CMWell,” an enterprise framework connecting…

Rural communities across the U.S. depend disproportionately on international-born physicians, according to a research letter published online Feb. 2 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Four notes: 1. The letter, “Characterization of the International-Born Health Care Workforce in Rural US Communities,” was…

Research College of Nursing — a private institution in Kansas City, Mo., that is affiliated with Research Medical Center and part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare — is launching a new accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing pathway. Approved by…

Safety and efficiency are no longer two competing ideals in today’s health care environment, but two sides of the same coin. Incidents of violence against healthcare workers continue to rise, with staffing and resource shortages adding to the strain of…

Managed care company Molina Healthcare is partnering with HealthStream’s MissionCare Collective — which hosts a career network and job portal for CNAs and caregivers — to offer home health aide training in an effort to create 15,000 roles, according to…

The California Department of Public Health has delayed implementation of emergency staffing regulations for psychiatric hospitals, originally slated for Jan. 31, following pushback from the public and hospitals, according to a Jan. 26 letter summary.  The department now expects to…

While the share of U.S. employees using artificial intelligence in their roles increased in the fourth quarter of 2025, a gap remains between front-line employees and leadership, according to a Jan. 25 Gallup report. Six things to know: 1. Forty-six…

Baton Rouge, La.-based FMOL Health is implementing a systemwide market compensation adjustment and raising its minimum wage to $15 per hour across all markets, according to a Jan. 27 news release shared with Becker’s. The changes follow an analysis of…

While healthcare job gains drove overall U.S. employment growth in December, the sector’s momentum has slowed below its 2024 and 2025 averages. Healthcare added an average of 56,000 jobs per month in 2024, but that figure fell to 34,000 in…