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• [New] President of the Australian College of Nursing, Christine Duffield, says it's likely states will lose significant numbers of nurses to burnout. ABC (Australia)
• Montana plans to incentivize healthcare workers to move to rural communities by offering relocation support as well as wellness and resilience programs to prevent burnout and isolation. National Governors Association
• Medicare Advantage plans use a series of policies that hurt Medicare beneficiaries, lead to physician burnout and bring up healthcare costs. MedCity News
• There will be a big focus on upskilling healthcare workers in 2022. Mobihealthnews
• The COVID-19 pandemic was a catalyst for healthcare worker burnout, and there's an expected shortage of 134,000 physicians by 2034. International Institute for Analytics
• With burnout escalating, it's clear that staffing shortages will continue to plague the healthcare industry in 2023. Cardinal Digital Marketing
• The long-predicted staffing shortages - which have been accelerated due to the burnout created by COVID-19 - are having an impact across healthcare service delivery all over the world. Armis
• Should the burnout epidemic among frontline healthcare workers worsen and elective procedures fail to spring back quickly - as some, including Goldman Sachs, have warned - we may be in for a collective lesson in the limits of digital, and when only human caregivers will do. PYMNTS.com
• More than 40% of clinicians are experiencing symptoms of burnout, and 22% of direct care nurses indicated they may leave their position within 2022, exacerbating an already critical shortage of healthcare workers. McKinsey & Company

Last updated: 16 June 2026