Perspectives

Healthcare surges are no longer the exception to the rule. With a wave of respiratory illnesses in February, a heat-wave that brings more trouble in July, a regional natural disaster in October,...

For much of rural America, a doctor’s visit may look drastically different in the years ahead as healthcare staffing challenges continue to deepen. Over the past decade, rural and urban healthcare...

If you are planning your workforce quarter by quarter or even year by year, it’s time to zoom out and broaden the timeline. Short-term staffing plans worked when supply, demand, reimbursement, and...

Posting a healthcare position on a job board no longer works for a clinical position. Experienced RNs, advanced practitioners, allied health professionals, and behavioral health professionals are...

Nurse leaders are carrying a great deal right now, and one of the hardest parts is making decisions without a clear view of what is really happening in the workforce. You can see the vacancies,...

Every hospital or healthcare organization knows what a nursing shortage looks like. Without the proper staffing levels, patient safety suffers, and nurses are more likely to experience burnout....

Building a workplace culture that helps nurses feel valued and satisfied takes research and intention. If you are spending too much time and money training new registered nurses (RNs), you could...

All data cited in this article comes from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Health Workforce Projections. For the last several years, health systems have treated nursing...

The fourth episode of Clinical Conversations, Prolink's video podcast series, welcomes Eric Alvarez, founder and CEO of Grapefruit Health. Natalie Jones, Prolink's Senior Vice President of Clinical...

The American Organization for Nursing Leadership’s conference is one of the key annual milestones for the entire healthcare industry: a moment to step back, look at the bigger picture, and...