Workforce

Hospital leaders are bracing for pediatric residency changes that could reshape the hospital workforce, a recent study found. The study, published May 27 in Hospital Pediatrics, surveyed pediatric hospital medicine leaders at 101 hospitals. The survey asked about leaders’ staffing…

The forces that have long shaped the healthcare workforce have not gone anywhere in 2026: strikes with thousands of workers are still occurring, a long-term nursing shortage keeps widening and labor costs continue to rise. Alongside those pressures, Becker’s has…

Private healthcare and social assistance is projected to add more jobs than any other major industry sector by 2035, though it ranks second in percentage growth according to the latest employment outlook released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on…

Roughly 15% of hires at Hagerstown, Md.-based Meritus Health over the past two fiscal years were rehires. More than 350 people previously employed by Meritus were hired again between 2024 and 2026, according to an Aug. 27 news release citing…

Travel nursing demand rose in most states since the end of the second quarter of 2026, according to Aya Healthcare data shared with Becker’s. Aya Healthcare provides temporary staffing, permanent staff placement, vendor management, float pool technology and predictive analytics.…

Health systems are asking nurse managers to oversee 24/7 units while balancing staffing, budgets, quality, length-of-stay goals and the needs of dozens of employees. Some are now confronting another question: How do they persuade nurses to want the job? At…

Hospitals and health systems are bracing for a potential wave of baby boomer retirements. Meanwhile, many Generation X workers could stay in their roles longer, according to an Aug. 19 Korn Ferry article. Professionals in their mid-50s used to be…

While some hiring managers may be skeptical of applicants with experience at several companies over a short time period, so-called “job hoppers” could bring a valuable skill to teams, according to a recent study. Analyzing data from 8,700 hedge fund…

UChicago Medicine cut advanced practice provider turnover by 10%, saved $25 million in direct costs and increased clinic patient access by 200% with a systemwide APP transformation, Brooke Schweitzer, DMSc, PA-C, the system’s chief advanced practice officer, told Becker’s. It…

Security personnel at St. Joseph’s Health in Syracuse, N.Y., will be able to serve as peace officers under a new state law aimed at addressing workplace violence in hospitals, according to an Aug. 18 report by Spectrum News 1. Gov.…