Category: Workforce

The ‘boomerang’ strategy: 2 health systems tap former employees to fill empty roles

Hospitals and health systems across the U.S. continue to face exacerbated staffing shortages, forcing them to tap into even more creative and intentional approaches with recruitment and retention. At Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical…

Confluence Health freezes hiring of most nonclinical roles

Wenatchee, Wash.-based Confluence Health is placing a temporary freeze on hiring most nonclinical positions.

82% of employers say healthcare affordability impacts workforce retention

Rising healthcare costs impact employer efforts to attract and retain talent, with 73 percent of employers saying healthcare costs crowd out salary and wage increases and 82 percent saying it impacts their ability to remain competitive, according to a …

US public health agencies critically understaffed, need 80K additional employees, study says

The U.S. public health workforce needs 80,000 more full-time workers in state and local settings, according to new research from the Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota School of Public Health, the Bethesda, Md.-based de Beaumont Foundation, and …

‘Our March 2020’: Capacity crisis, labor shortages collide at children’s hospitals

Labor shortages are complicating children’s hospitals’ ability to address capacity issues amid a severe surge in patients with respiratory syncytial virus. 

5 keys to tackling hospitals’ workforce shortage

High contract labor costs, fewer inpatient admissions and staffing shortages are some of the major challenges Massachusetts acute care hospitals are grappling with today and are resulting in care delays and reduced access to care.

Massachusetts health system requiring employees to get bivalent booster

Pittsfield, Mass.-based Berkshire Health Systems has issued a COVID-19 bivalent vaccine booster mandate for employees, public radio network WAMC reported Oct. 27.

Hospitals, health systems among industries with lowest promotion rates

Hospitals and health systems are among the five industries with the lowest promotion rates, according to an Oct. 26 analysis from LinkedIn. 

Rush Health ‘earn-as-you-learn’ program aims to staff supply chain

A new “earn-as-you-learn” program will pay trainees to learn the supply chain, then funnel them into positions at Chicago-based Rush Health, the Chicago Sun Times reported Oct. 27. 

‘No one should lose their life because they went to work’: Nurses seek action after Dallas shooting

Members of National Nurses United are calling for legislative action in the wake of the Oct. 22 shooting deaths of two employees at Methodist Dallas Medical Center.