Workforce

Washington state's new healthcare staffing law was signed by the governor in April 2023. The law focuses on recommending staffing standards to hospital leadership by hospital staffing committees.  

A nationwide shortage of 100,000 healthcare workers is anticipated by 2028, with some states facing projected surpluses or severe deficits between future supply and demand. 

The U.S. is projected to add 6.7 million jobs from 2023 to 2033, with healthcare and social assistance projected to see the largest and fastest growth among industry sectors.

A new Aug. 29 Bureau of Labor Statistics report revealed that 2.6 million U.S. workers who had held their jobs for at least three years were displaced from employment from January 2021 to December 2023. The findings were down 1…

From Jan. 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian hired more than 10.700 new employees, including 3,216 nurses, according to financial documents published Aug. 23. 

Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System has opened what it calls the first-of-its-kind career technical education high school for healthcare fields.

Georgia could see the largest shortage of registered nurses by 2036, with an estimated 34,800 vacancies, according to a March report from the Health Resources and Services Administration, a federal agency of HHS.

Only 45% of non-retired Americans expect to have enough money for a comfortable retirement, according to a recent Gallup survey.

Out-of-state physicians could soon receive expedited licensure to practice in Pennsylvania through the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.

Long COVID has forced about 1 million U.S. workers out of the labor force, The Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 26.