Nomad Health Raises $63 Million to Connect Nurses and Hospitals

The demand for healthcare workers since the start of the pandemic in March 2020 exacerbated an already existing shortage of staff across the U.S.
Dr. Patricia Pittman commented on Bloomberg article: "There was a labor market disequilibrium, and employers had not yet addressed the issues driving nurses to want to retire or return to school,” said Patricia Pittman, director of the Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity at George Washington University. “COVID factors were layered on top and made a bad situation worse.” 

According to a tool created by the institute, 17% of counties in the U.S. with intensive-care units are in staffing crisis. Over the next 30 days, 392 counties will need crisis staffing and 166 counties need contingency staffing.

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