Workforce

Rural hospitals face serious and growing challenges. Hospital closures, financial pressures and workforce shortages are forcing patients in many communities to travel farther and wait longer for essential services. These problems deserve urgent attention and real solutions. But too often…

As Generation Z takes up a growing share of the healthcare workforce, health system leaders are putting greater focus on helping early-career employees build the interpersonal skills, connections and career pathways they need to succeed. Human resources executives told Becker’s…

More than a third (36%) of healthcare respondents said they lacked direction at work because their organizations had too few managers, according to Korn Ferry’s 2026 global workforce survey. The survey, now in its third year, included more than 16,000…

In 2021, 46.2% of nearly 2,400 pediatricians said they were experiencing burnout, and by 2025, that figure decreased to 35.2%, according to research led by the American Academy of Pediatrics.  The study, published Sept. 1 in Pediatrics, analyzed a study…

Health systems have spent years managing the aftershocks of a workforce reshaped by pandemic-era disruption — and the pressures persist. Staffing shortages, elevated first-year turnover and reliance on premium labor continue to strain systems even as stabilization efforts have taken…

Healthcare employment continued to trend up in August, adding 12,900 jobs, though at a slower pace than the average monthly gain of 32,000 over the prior 12 months, according to the Sept. 4 jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of…

UChicago Medicine is on a mission to become the “gold standard for APPs,” Brooke Schweitzer, DMSc, PA-C, the system’s chief advanced practice officer, said in an upcoming Becker’s “Clinical Leadership Podcast.” “Our strategic goal is really to become the premier…

Generation Z is more likely than any other age group to cite their network as the most important factor in career progression, according to a Sept. 2 LinkedIn News post. The research was conducted by Censuswide between July 20 and…

Nurse practitioner is projected to be the fastest-growing occupation in the U.S. economy over the next decade, and it leads a healthcare field that will account for 37% of all new American jobs through 2035, according to Bureau of Labor…

Workforce shortages remain one of the most persistent operational challenges facing health systems competing for a shrinking pool of specialty-trained physicians, nurses and healthcare professionals. Nearly half of executives say staff shortages have reduced their capacity to serve patients, and…