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 million workers from the previous report covering January 2019 to December 2021. 

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.

Five-hundred people have been selected for the New York State Health Care Workers for Our Future scholarship, which provides two years in full-cost attendance to state students, regardless of income, who want to become a clinical laboratory technologist, radiologic technologist, registered nurse, respiratory therapist or surgical technologist.

Organizations have recently considered more significant changes to performance management, but it is important to understand what exactly motivates employees, according to an Aug. 21 article from McKinsey.

The majority of U.S. workers check in with work while on vacation, a recent LinkedIn Workforce Confidence survey found.

As more baby boomers have reached retirement age, the workforce in the U.S. has grown older, as well.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has awarded $646 million over a three-year period to three workforce investment organizations to train and recruit thousands of mental health, social care and healthcare workers in the state.

Cleveland Clinic has received a $13 million gift from The Howley Foundation for a program that enables high school students to explore careers in respiratory therapy, surgical technology and sterile processing. 

Hospitals and health systems continue to grapple with workforce challenges, including recruiting and retaining top talent. Below are the number of job openings at hospitals and health systems that are among those named to the U.S. News & World Report's 2024-25 Best Hospitals Honor Roll.  

Although burnout is down among healthcare professionals, its persistence still garners attention and solutions from systems. 

While some hospitals and health systems are seeing mass layoffs, others are seeking to bolster their workforce by directly appealing to the newly unemployed. To that end, numerous hospitals have taken to social media to tout job offerings following sizable layoffs at competitor health systems. 

Healthcare faces numerous workforce challenges, but the industry has steadily added jobs after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted staffing.

Healthcare professionals applying for roles at Arkansas Children's might notice changes in its job descriptions.