# Nursing Shortage * **Definition:** A nursing shortage refers to a situation in which the demand for nursing services exceeds the supply of qualified nurses available to provide those services, often resulting in increased workloads, reduced patient care quality, and challenges in healthcare delivery. * **Taxonomy:** Healthcare Topics / Nursing Shortage ## News * Selected news on the topic of **Nursing Shortage**, for healthcare technology leaders * 3.5K news items are in the system for this topic * Posts have been filtered for tech and healthcare-related keywords | Date | Title | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 5/28/2025 | [**Navigating Healthcare Transformation: Leadership Strategies for a Resilient, Tech-Enabled Future**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/podcasts/uncategorized/navigating-healthcare-transformation-leadership-strategies-for-a-resilient-tech-enabled-future/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 5/28/2025 | [**Navigating Healthcare Transformation: Leadership Strategies for a Resilient, Tech-Enabled Future**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/podcasts/podcasts-beckers-hospital-review/navigating-healthcare-transformation-leadership-strategies-for-a-resilient-tech-enabled-future/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 5/27/2025 | [**The 'two-pronged' approach Sutter Health uses to strengthen its workforce**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/the-two-pronged-approach-sutter-health-uses-to-strengthen-its-workforce/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 5/12/2025 | [**Global nurse shortage to shrink by 2030: WHO**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/nursing/global-nurse-shortage-to-shrink-by-2030-who/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 5/4/2025 | [**Trinity system launches student loan repayment program**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/trinity-system-launches-student-loan-repayment-program/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 5/2/2025 | [**'I Wish There Was a Magic Bullet': How El Camino Health's CNO Is Reducing Nurse Turnover**](https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/cno/i-wish-there-was-magic-bullet-how-el-camino-healths-cno-reducing-nurse-turnover) | [[HealthLeaders Media]] | | 4/16/2025 | [**How Has Healthcare's Approach to Telehealth Changed in the Past 5 Years?**](https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2025/04/how-has-healthcares-approach-telehealth-changed-past-5-years) | [[HealthTech Magazine]] | | 4/10/2025 | [**Healthcare's Next Chapter: Agentic AI Meets Human-Centric Innovation - MedCity News**](https://medcitynews.com/2025/04/healthcares-next-chapter-agentic-ai-meets-human-centric-innovation/) | [[MedCity News]] | | 4/3/2025 | [**5 Steps for Creating A Better Healthcare Breakroom to Boost Nurse Morale and Retention**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/nursing/5-steps-for-creating-a-better-healthcare-breakroom-to-boost-nurse-morale-and-retention/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 3/10/2025 | [**How a nursing school relocation to Duke's campus combats the nursing shortage**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/nursing/how-a-nursing-school-relocation-to-dukes-campus-combats-the-nursing-shortage.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 3/6/2025 | [**6 HIMSS Announcements You Don't Want to Miss - MedCity News**](https://medcitynews.com/2025/03/himss-healthcare-technology-2/) | [[MedCity News]] | | 2/28/2025 | [**The Home Care Tipping Point: Why 2025 Could Break or Make Your Business - LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/home-care-tipping-point-why-2025-could-break-make-your-iqhvc) | [[Linkedin]] | | 2/20/2025 | [**IntellaTriage Achieves HITRUST Certification, Setting the Standard for Cybersecurity in Nurse Triage**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/intellatriage-achieves-hitrust-certification-setting-the-standard-for-cybersecurity-in-nurse-triage-302380422.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 1/29/2025 | [**Vitalchat Rounds Out Executive Team with CFO and CMO Appointments**](https://www.prweb.com/releases/vitalchat-rounds-out-executive-team-with-cfo-and-cmo-appointments-302362973.html) | [[PRWeb]] | | 1/29/2025 | [**Navigating Healthcare Complexities: Leveraging Enterprise Software for Payer and Provider Success**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/legal-regulatory-issues/navigating-healthcare-complexities-leveraging-enterprise-software-for-payer-and-provider-success.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 1/28/2025 | [**Technology and trends shaping healthcare in 2025 - Becker's Hospital Review**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/technology-and-trends-shaping-healthcare-in-2025.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 1/11/2025 | [**Weekly Roundup - January 11, 2025 - Healthcare IT Today**](https://www.healthcareittoday.com/2025/01/11/weekly-roundup-january-11-2025/) | [[Healthcare IT Today]] | | 12/11/2024 | [**Digital transformation's big payoff - Healthcare IT News**](https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/digital-transformations-big-payoff) | [[Healthcare IT News]] | | 12/9/2024 | [**How technology can free up nurses for better care [PODCAST] - Kevin MD**](https://kevinmd.com/2024/12/how-technology-can-free-up-nurses-for-better-care-podcast.html) | [[KevinMD]] | | 12/2/2024 | [**The Rise and Promise of Technology in Home Health - Becker's Hospital Review**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/innovation/the-rise-and-promise-of-technology-in-home-health.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 10/3/2024 | [**How Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) Can Revitalize Healthcare Teams**](https://hitconsultant.net/2024/10/03/how-rtls-technology-can-revitalize-healthcare-teams/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 8/13/2024 | [**Stryker (SYK) to Acquire care.ai to Boost AI-Driven Healthcare - Yahoo Finance**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stryker-syk-acquire-care-ai-152600049.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 7/22/2024 | [**Top 3 Trends in Nursing in 2024, So Far - HealthLeaders Media**](https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/cno/top-3-trends-nursing-2024-so-far) | [[HealthLeaders Media]] | | 1/22/2024 | [**AI risks in healthcare: Misdiagnosis, inequality, and ethical concerns**](https://www.news-medical.net/news/20240123/AI-risks-in-healthcare-Misdiagnosis-inequality-and-ethical-concerns.aspx) | [[News Medical Net]] | | 10/31/2017 | [**Northwestern Medicine**](https://medcitynews.com/tag/northwestern-medicine/) | [[MedCity News]] | ## Topic Overview (Some LLM-derived content — please confirm with above primary sources) ### Key Players - **Community Healthcare Network**: A healthcare organization facing staffing challenges and implementing residency programs to attract clinicians. - **National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners**: Advocates for comprehensive examination of nursing workforce issues. - **Watts College of Nursing**: A nursing school planning to relocate to Duke University's campus to address the nursing shortage in North Carolina. - **American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA)**: Supports legislation to increase access to care through sufficient nursing staff. - **Dr. Iman Abuzeid**: CEO of Incredible Health, highlights the importance of effective communication in attracting nursing candidates. - **Duke University Health System**: Led by Dr. Terry McDonnell, focuses on training competent nurses to reduce early-career turnover. - **American Organization for Nursing Leadership**: Led by Claire Zangerle, emphasizes the importance of supporting nursing managers to retain nurses. - **VirtuAlly and Teledigm Health**: Partners providing virtual nursing services to rural healthcare systems to alleviate staffing shortages. - **Aya Healthcare**: Largest healthcare staffing firm in the U.S., actively acquiring companies to enhance services amid nursing shortages. - **IntellaTriage**: Provides 24/7 nurse-first triage care, addressing the nursing shortage and achieving HITRUST i1 Certification for data security. - **Leong Koh, MD**: Advocates for digital health solutions to address physician workforce shortages. - **Congresswoman Jen Kiggans**: Introduced the PRECEPT Nurses Act to incentivize nurses to become clinical preceptors. - **Prisma Health**: South Carolina's largest private nonprofit health system, facing significant challenges due to staffing shortages. - **Hadassah Backman**: A nurse CEO advocating for AI in nursing to reduce documentation burdens and enhance patient care quality. - **AvaSure**: A company that conducted a survey revealing the potential for virtual nursing to become integral to care delivery models. - **Vitalchat**: An innovator in AI-powered ambient solutions for inpatient virtual nursing and telehealth, recently raised $6 million to address staffing shortages. - **Betty Jo Rocchio**: Chief Nurse Executive at Mercy, highlighting successful AI implementation for nurse credentialing and emergency department handoffs. - **Wayne Gillis**: CEO of Great Falls Hospital, implementing flexible scheduling and AI-driven optimizations to combat provider shortages. - **Mary Morin**: Chief Nursing Officer at Sentara Health, focuses on patient-centered care through technology. - **Michael C. Backus**: CEO of Oswego Health, emphasizes the need for better workforce management in healthcare. ### Partnerships and Collaborations - **Watts College of Nursing and Duke University**: Collaboration to enhance nursing education and training to combat the nursing shortage. - **Community Healthcare Network**: Launching a family practice residency program and a nurse practitioner fellowship to build a skilled workforce. - **Bipartisan Legislation**: Introduced by US Representatives James Comer and Morgan McGarvey, aiming to create a federal pipeline for workforce development funding to address nursing shortages. - **Ohio Nurses Association**: Collaborating with legislators to introduce the Nurse Workforce & Safe Patient Care Act. - **Phelps Health and local educational institutions**: Developing partnerships to train and retain new graduate nurses. - **Loyola Medicine and community organizations**: Strategic partnerships to address workforce shortages and improve care coordination. - **VSee Health and Tele911**: Partnering to address emergency room overcrowding through telehealth solutions for low-acuity 911 calls. - **VirtuAlly and Teledigm Health**: Partnership to provide virtual nursing services to rural healthcare systems, improving patient care and reducing turnover. - **Suki**: Collaborates with Federally Qualified Health Centers to manage high patient volumes in underserved areas. - **Trinity Health and Clasp**: Collaboration to implement a student loan repayment program aimed at addressing workforce shortages. - **Sentara Health**: Integrating ThinkAndor Virtual Nursing with their electronic health record system to improve care delivery. - **VSee Health and a major post-acute care hospital system**: A teleradiology contract to improve diagnostic accuracy and patient outcomes. - **Rise to Health Coalition**: A nationwide initiative aimed at achieving health equity through collective action among health organizations. - **Mesmerise and Mayo Clinic**: Collaboration to create NeuRealities, Inc. for enhancing medical education and workforce training. - **OCHIN and OSIS**: This partnership aims to enhance the sustainability and innovation of community health centers in underserved areas. - **Green Harvest Capital Industries**: Led a $6 million Series A funding round for Vitalchat to enhance its AI-powered solutions for virtual nursing. - **Keck School of Medicine and Ryght Research Network**: Joining forces to enhance clinical trial efficiency through AI technology. - **AvaSure, Oracle, and NVIDIA**: Collaborating to create an AI-powered virtual concierge aimed at improving patient care and operational efficiency. - **Andor Health**: Expanding its AI-powered virtual care platform through partnerships to enhance healthcare delivery. - **Microsoft with Mass General Brigham and University of Wisconsin-Madison**: Collaborating to develop AI algorithms for medical imaging. ### Innovations, Trends, and Initiatives - **Health Care Workforce Investment Act**: Proposed legislation to provide grants for states to develop workforce improvement plans addressing nursing shortages. - **Incredible Health's AI Tools**: AI-powered hiring tools streamline job searches for nurses, addressing staffing shortages. - **PRECEPT Nurses Act**: Bipartisan bill providing tax credits for nurses serving as preceptors to address nursing shortages. - **Virtual Nursing**: Emerging model combining technology with clinical expertise to enhance patient care and operational efficiency. - **Innovative Staffing Models**: Exploring team-based care, flexible staffing, and telehealth nursing to improve care delivery. - **Simulation Training**: High-quality simulation training to replace traditional clinical hours, enhancing nursing education. - **Virtual Care Adoption**: Healthcare leaders are increasingly adopting virtual care and AI innovations to tackle workforce shortages. - **AI in Healthcare**: Growing interest in AI technologies to alleviate delays in patient care and address staffing shortages. - **Debt-Free Education Programs**: Healthcare organizations are implementing programs to cover education costs for employees, aiming to increase the number of qualified clinical staff. - **AI in Nursing**: AI tools are being integrated into nursing workflows to assist with tasks like transcription and clinical decision-making, potentially alleviating burnout. - **Financial Incentive Administrator (FIA) designation**: CMS initiative to provide financial support to RNs in nursing homes to address labor shortages. - **Telehealth Expansion**: Community health centers are increasingly adopting telehealth services to address clinician shortages and improve access to care. - **Transition-to-Practice Initiatives**: Programs designed to help new nurses feel prepared and confident as they enter the workforce. - **Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)**: Gaining traction as a transformative approach for home-based care, allowing nurses to focus on critically ill patients. - **Stryker's Acquisition of care.ai**: Enhances healthcare IT offerings to address nursing shortages and improve patient care. - **Telehealth Adoption**: Despite a decline post-pandemic, telehealth remains vital for enhancing access to care and improving patient outcomes. ### Challenges and Concerns - **Nursing Shortage**: Projected to exceed 78,000 registered nurses by 2025, exacerbated by burnout and high turnover rates. - **Nursing Educator Shortage**: Fewer students entering advanced nursing programs due to faculty shortages and limited clinical placements. - **Staffing Shortages**: The U.S. faces a nursing shortage of over 78,000 nurses, leading to increased stress and burnout among existing staff. - **Nursing and Physician Shortages**: Projected shortfall of up to 86,000 physicians by 2036, exacerbating existing workforce challenges. - **Nursing Shortages**: Linked to longer hospital stays and poorer patient outcomes, including increased mortality rates. - **Insufficient Educational Capacity**: Nursing schools turned away over 65,000 qualified applicants in 2023 due to lack of faculty and resources. - **Aging Workforce**: Over 1 million nurses are aged 50 and older, with many planning to retire soon, exacerbating the shortage. - **Rural Healthcare Access**: Nursing shortages significantly affect rural healthcare systems, limiting access to providers. - **Burnout and Turnover**: High levels of burnout and dissatisfaction among nurses, with many considering leaving the profession. - **Burnout and Job Satisfaction**: High levels of burnout among nurses and healthcare professionals are leading to increased patient-to-nurse ratios and concerns about care quality. - **Economic Pressures**: Staffing shortages and administrative burdens are straining hospital profitability and operational efficiency. - **Rural Healthcare Challenges**: Rural hospitals face unique difficulties, including limited resources and staffing shortages. - **Documentation Burden**: High documentation requirements detract from nurses' time with patients, contributing to burnout. - **Patient Safety Risks**: Higher rates of errors and morbidity are linked to insufficient staffing, raising concerns about patient safety and quality of care. - **Operational Inefficiencies**: Healthcare systems struggle with manual processes that detract from patient care, such as nurses handling patient transport due to lack of real-time information. - **Impact of Technology**: Concerns among nurses regarding the impact of AI on job security and patient safety. - **Workforce Retention**: Healthcare organizations face challenges in retaining staff amidst rising demands for work/life balance. ## Related Topics [[Healthcare Workforce Shortage]]; [[Healthcare Workforce Shortages]]; [[Staffing Shortages]]; [[Physician Shortage]]; [[Nurse Staffing]]; [[Nurse Recruitment]]; [[Staff Shortages]]; [[Provider Shortages]]; [[Pediatric Workforce Shortage]]