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UHC Solutions developed a COVID Resource Center to offer crisis management, remote team management, staffing and overall wellness advice to clients and talent through this unprecedented time.

Right now times are very uncertain, very stressful and even a bit frightening. The COVID-19 outbreak has not only caused a health crisis but an economic crisis, as well. In a matter of days, millions of people found themselves suddenly out of work. Millions more are weeks or even days away from losing their jobs, and tens of thousands more still are left uncertain about whether their community health centers will last through this crisis.

Graduating from medical school must feel like a huge achievement, but the massive debt most clinicians face after graduation must also feel like a huge burden. The average annual cost of attending medical school last year was about $37,000 per year for in-state students and nearly $61,000 for out-of-state attendees, according to U.S. News & World Report.

We are in the thick of a healthcare recruiting crisis. CNN reports that the U.S. will need to hire 2.3 million new healthcare workers by 2025 to keep up with the aging Baby Boomer population. Nurses, physicians, lab workers, and home health aides—we simply don’t have enough talent. Hiring teams must step it up to do a better job at filling positions in healthcare facilities around the country. How can recruiters pull off a supply when the demand is increasing so rapidly?