doctor shortage

The House Health Care Appropriations subcommittee unanimously advanced the measure, and it next goes to the Health and Human Services Committee before a floor vote.

Politicians keep talking about fixing primary care shortages. But flawed national data leaves big holes in how to evaluate which policies are effective.

Foreign-trained medical professionals could help Florida address a workforce shortage and meet the growing demand for care. But they often face barriers to getting certified in the U.S.

More than two years into the pandemic, parents face a child care crisis. That’s why some hospitals are considering starting child care centers to address recruitment and retention troubles.

Many hospitals are dealing with a flood of people with COVID, including those primarily admitted for other reasons. These infections still drain the workforce and can put health workers and other patients at higher risk for contracting the virus.

A coalition that includes leaders of groups representing nursing homes, hospitals, assisted-living facilities and home-health providers detailed issues such as shortages of nurses and certified nursing assistants and a lack of nursing faculty and student slots at colleges and universities.

Florida hospitals have seen a 29 percent increase in the number of residency slots since 2013, but the state still faces physician workforce challenges,...

Michael Smith graduated from a Caribbean medical school in 2014 with a degree and a mountain of debt. He wants to start paying it off, but first he...

A new report shows that Florida hospitals have increased their number of residency slots 19 percent since 2013. The state faces a severe shortage of...

A decade from now, Florida is expected to be short 7,000 doctors. The University of Central Florida is looking to tackle some of that. Deborah German,...

The number of doctors practicing psychiatry and general surgery is expected to reach critically low levels in the next 10 years, according to a new...