Category: Workforce

An estimated 333,942 healthcare providers dropped out of the workforce in 2021, according to an Oct. 20 report from Definitive Healthcare. 

Labor shortages and aging facilities have combined to close a total of 70 beds at three Michigan psychiatric sites, ABC affiliate WXYZ reported Oct. 20.

The U.S. surgeon general addressed quiet quitting, the “Great Resignation,” and the shift in how Americans live and work while underscoring workplaces’ functional role in promoting the health and well-being of workers and communities.

Women and millennials report putting in more effort at work than they did six months ago, but they are still feeling less engaged — and more disconnected from their employers, a recent survey found. 

The vast majority of health facilities are experiencing a shortage of allied health workers, a survey released Oct. 20 found. 

Over the next three years, 67 percent of U.S. employers plan to make employee mental health and emotional well-being programs and solutions one of their top three priorities.

The U.S. surgeon general says that disrespectful or cutthroat workplaces could be hazardous to your health, according to an Oct. 20 report from The Wall Street Journal.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health is laying off an undisclosed number of staff, a decision the organization’s top leader says is “to streamline leadership structure and simplify operations” in certain areas, the Argus Leader reported Oct. 19.

Remote workers in the U.S. are reclaiming 60 million hours each day previously spent commuting, according to an Oct. 18 analysis of the American Time Use Survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

U.S. healthcare needs to prioritize positive working environments and culture, support mental health, and fight to reduce the associated stigma to reduce the potential loss of workers, according to an Oct. 18 report from the California Medical Associat…