2025 AHA Health Care Workforce Scan

Latest insights and trends to consider in your workforce planning

 

Peer-Proven Approaches and Expert Insights to Enhance Your Workforce Strategies

Health care professionals continue to provide selfless, dedicated, high-quality care to our patients and communities despite the emerging and enduring challenges and stressors they face. Solving near-term and long-term workforce challenges calls for us to develop fresh ways to nurture and support our current staff while attracting the workers we need to meet the demands of today and tomorrow.

For innovative steps to enhance the overall workforce experience to help you refresh, retain and recruit health care workers, look to the 2025 AHA Health Care Workforce Scan. Based on a review of the latest reports, studies and other data sources, it offers valuable insights into the workforce landscape and practical guidance from experts and your peers to help your organization navigate the future of the health care workforce. Real-world examples from a host of organizations, from Ochsner Medical Center to Texas Children’s Hospital to Chicago’s Northwestern Medicine, provide actionable ways to:

  • Embrace technologically integrated care models and innovations.
  • Engage clinicians in technology strategies.
  • Boost access through partnerships, training and upskilling.
  • Rethink engagement to build a more flexible, engaged workforce.

For a high-level, two-page overview of the state of the health care workforce, download this Executive Summary of the 2025 AHA Health Care Workforce Scan.

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Key Drivers Transforming the Health Care Workforce

The 2025 Health Care Workforce Scan reveals six fundamental factors propelling core changes in the workforce.

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Skyrocketing Costs Are Shrinking Budgets

High interest rates, inflation, drug/supply costs and labor expenses have forced hospitals and staff to do more with less.

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An Aging Population Requires New Care Solutions

America’s aging population will require new care models and incentives for both formal and informal caregivers.

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Care Continues to Migrate Outside Hospital Walls

Home-based care and outpatient services are projected to grow.

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Payer Market Dominance Raises Questions

Some commercial health insurance companies have dramatically expanded their market share and scope, and are increasingly involved in Medicare Advantage plans.

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Large Technology Solutions Providers Advance AI Adoption

Tech giants are playing a more direct role in care delivery and creating solutions that can drive widespread AI adoption.

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Health Care’s AI Sprint Gets an Ethics Safety Net

Industry groups have been created to establish ethical standards for AI’s implementation to help address bias, accuracy and data privacy.