Karen Cox, Scott Liles Mon, April 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM UTC 4 min read The health-care industry workforce crisis is here. Many providers are exhausted and overworked. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, it is not hard to find a story in the news about burnout among nurses and physicians, which has caused many to leave their professions. This burnout, accompanied by an aging population, is adding severe health-care shortages to an already strained system.