Mitigating healthcare staffing shortages by maximizing your staffing partnership

The severity of the healthcare workforce problem has been top-of-mind for industry leaders the past several years, as the gap between open jobs and available candidates continues to widen. A study by McKinsey projects a shortage of between 200,000 to 450,000 nurses for direct patient care by 2025.

While contract workers have always served a role in the healthcare field, they have become more prevalent to fill these gaps. In fact, the number of temp jobs added in January was almost 26,000, according to Staffing Industry Analysts. Many of those jobs were in the healthcare sector, which...