The Clinical Talent Gap

Finding clinical talent remains a strategic challenge for health and human service organizations. And this challenge is fueled by record numbers of clinical professionals leaving the field. In 2022, a total of 145,213 health care professionals left their jobs (see Addressing The Healthcare Staffing Shortage). The greatest numbers were in physicians and nurse practitioners, with over 71,000 and 34,000 professionals, respectively, leaving the field between 2021 and 2022. This is 6% of the physician workforce and 9% of the nurse practitioner workforce. During the same time, over 10,000 clinical social workers moved to other fields.

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