Great idea, working on it now.
I have so many thoughts on this.
When I was in the hospital, we had several agencies we worked with. They rarely had any candidates for us. I'm not talking good candidates, I'm talking any candidates.
Last year, I went to a conference where someone from the state (Tennessee) talked about different healthcare fields, the projected need, and the projected supply (of staff) rate. For all fields, the need was higher than the supply. For all fields (except one) the need and the supply eventually met - maybe in 1 year, maybe in 5. For med techs, the need continued to climb over the years, and the supply of staff went in the opposite direction. They never met.
Med techs are not paid a fair wage. We need to go to school for 2 or 4 years, earn little to no respect, work in the basement, and are offered poor pay and benefits compared to people with similar educations. It's hard to fill these jobs.
When I was in the hospital, my lab had 45 FTEs. We had about a 20% vacancy for years.