According to the latest employment report for July, the unemployment rate rose to 4.3%, its highest level since October 2021. The labor force participation rate and employment to population ratio for ...

Editor’s note: This is the first in a periodic series of Health Affairs Blog posts on health workforce issues by Edward Salsberg. Mr. Salsberg has spent over 30 years studying the health workforce, ...

The AHA recently released its 2026 Health Care Workforce Scan — an annual report that examines the current trends in the ...

The majority of health systems have likely engaged in workforce planning, alignment strategy development, or both in the last few years. But how many have conducted these two processes simultaneously?

Workforce planning is about strategically preparing for potential skill gaps you may have in the future, whether from internal promotions, retirements or turnover. The key to doing this successfully ...

International commitments on climate change imply bold actions to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Among them, switching energy production and industrial processes to cleaner sources ...

The critical nursing shortage in the United States is going to get worse — much worse — according to results of a comprehensive National Council of State Boards of Nursing and National Forum of State ...

Economic variables also play a central role. Rising GDP per capita increases healthcare utilization rates as households are ...

Increased participation in the workforce by women could add $20 trillion to the global economy by 2050, according to a new analysis by Bloomberg economists. The analysis, published Tuesday, looked at ...

Are entry-level jobs going away? If you’ve been job hunting lately, it might feel like they are. Once, new graduates could find jobs that required little to no prior experience, allowing them to build ...