Healthcare Workforce Report

The Healthcare Workforce Report provides an overview of the most recent information and statistics regarding employment, trends, and opportunities in an essential industry for all Americans. This report is crafted in straightforward language by a real person, making it easy to understand.

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What do you want to see from HWR in 2025?

Dec 6, 2024 | healthcareworkforce.substack.com | Kristal Kuykendall

Happy holidays from Healthcare Workforce Report!As the year comes to a close, HWR is considering several options for our content and focus areas in 2025 and beyond. We’ve posted a survey below and hope you’ll tell us your thoughts (and invite your colleagues to respond as well).
Data on physician searches offers bright spot amid evidence that shortages are making recruiters' lives miserable

Nov 7, 2024 | healthcareworkforce.substack.com | Kristal Kuykendall

Job creation in healthcare last month was the only reason the U.S. economy reported any job growth at all for October, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Healthcare saw 52,000 new jobs created in October, on par with the past year’s monthly average of 58K new jobs, noted Health Leaders Media. Comprising that total were 36K jobs created in ambulatory services, 9,000 created in nursing homes and residential care services, and 8,000 created in hospitals.
How AI, virtual care, and new models open doors to a 'transformational era of nursing'

Oct 24, 2024 | healthcareworkforce.substack.com | Kristal Kuykendall

Nursing leaders see a “transformational era” beginning to unfold, according to an in-depth report by Becker’s Hospital Review. Four nurses explain the big trends impacting their roles and how they expect nursing to differ in five years from the norms of today. Following are the highlights (the Becker’s report is worth a thorough read if you have time!):Virtual nursing is in its infancy and will be far more commonplace in five years, one nurse predicted.
Osteopathic medical education is expanding (and why that matters for primary care shortages)

Oct 10, 2024 | healthcareworkforce.substack.com | Kristal Kuykendall

First, the latest jobs report:Like the U.S. economy as a whole last month, healthcare saw better-than-expected job growth, with the sector adding 45,000 new jobs — about 30% more than the month before. Still, September’s total was lower than the average monthly growth over the previous 12 months, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It was the third consecutive month in which healthcare job growth slowed slightly but remained robust, Health Leaders Media noted.
Calls grow for visa reforms for foreign nurses as Congress inches toward telehealth extension approval

Sep 26, 2024 | healthcareworkforce.substack.com | Kristal Kuykendall

With nursing shortages projected to grow worse in the coming years, healthcare leaders and immigration attorneys are teaming up to call for updates to visa policies so U.S. healthcare employers can fill some of their shortages with foreign nurses and health technologists.
Burnout still a serious problem; here are 3 different approaches and how to replicate them

Aug 29, 2024 | healthcareworkforce.substack.com | Kristal Kuykendall

Burnout continues to plague healthcare professionals and, as a result, their employers — since burnout tends to result in nurses and doctors exiting their jobs long before retirement, especially at hospitals. A recent survey of about 75,000 nurses by Klas Research found that 33% of nurses reported symptoms of burnout, and a third of those cited their electronic health records (EHR) system as a major contributor, according to a new report in Healthcare Dive.
Why aren’t we investing more in CTE? A new report deep-dives into why we should

Aug 14, 2024 | healthcareworkforce.substack.com | Kristal Kuykendall

An extensive research report from iCEV and Catapult X titled “Bridging the 10 Million Health Worker Gap” provides ample evidence for ramping up our education system’s investments in so-called Career and Technical Education programs, specifically as a healthcare workforce pipeline solution that pays dividends in a relatively short amount of time.
Exec: We need a plan for shortages that's more than Band-Aids

Jul 31, 2024 | healthcareworkforce.substack.com | Kristal Kuykendall

In a recent article for MedCity News, workforce-intelligence executive Charlie Lougheed called on policymakers, healthcare industry leaders, and employers to consider more aggressive steps and more coordination to address labor shortages and build up the talent pipeline.
Report: Increasing salaries, benefits as a tool in a tight labor market is losing impact

Jul 18, 2024 | healthcareworkforce.substack.com | Kristal Kuykendall

Confession: I’m secretly a math and data nerd, and this week’s issue will deep-dive into one of the most comprehensive and important industry-specific research reports I’ve seen in a hot minute. The data is pretty interesting for any healthcare employer, healthcare worker (any level), or would-be healthcare worker.
'The crisis is already here' - and Congress' inaction is front and center

Jun 20, 2024 | healthcareworkforce.substack.com | Kristal Kuykendall

It’s time to talk about workforce shortages again — and no beating around the bush this week. Congress has made no progress and held no hearings this year on any significant proposals to invest in training and hiring more providers, and 83 million Americans already are suffering because of lawmakers’ inaction. More healthcare organizations, including lobbying groups, and mainstream news outlets are practically begging Congress to act in recent weeks.