Workforce

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…

Health systems of all sizes have worked to drive more efficient staffing and education models. In an era defined by staffing shortages, insufficient undergraduate enrollment growth, and rising student debt, health systems increasingly look to lock in future employees before…

Becker’s asked C-suite executives from hospitals, health systems, academic medical centers and universities across the U.S. to share 2026’s most pressing workforce challenges and their solutions. The 103 executives featured in this article are all speaking at the Becker’s Healthcare…

For the first time, women now make up the majority of physicians in U.S. training programs, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges’ annual report on residency trends.  In the 2024-25 academic year, women accounted for 50.2% of residents…

William Beaumont Hospital in Michigan, a healthcare provider now known as Corewell Health East, will pay $30,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the EEOC said Feb. 23 in a news release.…

Dallas-based Methodist Health System ranks in the 84th percentile nationally for retention due to what its chief human resources officer calls the organization’s “secret sauce:” culture. The system, which employs more than 12,000 people, was also certified as a Great…

Residency is designed to produce highly skilled physicians that can execute under pressure. But as expectations for safety, quality and documentation have shifted, many health systems are reexamining whether traditional training structures unintentionally undermine the very clinicians they aim to…

The physician assistant workforce grew 27.9% nationwide from 2020 to 2024, according to the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants’ 2024 Statistical Profile of Board Certified PAs by State. South Carolina led the nation with a 48% increase in…

Bend, Ore.-based St. Charles Health System plans to cover tuition for 30 individuals interested in becoming certified medical assistants over the next year as it works to address staffing shortages across its outpatient clinics. St. Charles will cover the full…