The American Hospital Association issued a statement Sept. 14 urging the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship and Border Safety to take steps to improve the immigration process to alleviate the U.S. healthcare worker shortage.
Category: Workforce
Wisconsin bureau under fire for healthcare worker license delays
Some Wisconsin healthcare workers have had to push back their start dates due to backlogging in the state’s licensing department, Fox affiliate WITI reported Sept. 13. Others have left the state, looking for work while hoping not to encounter similar d…
U of Chicago launches course aimed at addressing healthcare misinformation
A new course at the University of Chicago helps future healthcare workers prepare to engage with medical misinformation, according to a Sept. 8 report from University of Chicago Medicine.
Nurse practitioner will be fastest-growing job over next decade
The occupation with the highest projected percent change of employment in the U.S. between 2021 and 2031 is nurse practitioner, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
COVID-19 illness shrank US labor force by 500,000, study finds
Illness caused by COVID-19 has reduced the U.S. labor force participation rate by 0.2 percentage points, or by about 500,000 workers, through June 2022, according to a study released Sept. 12.
How Johns Hopkins, Banner + 2 other systems support employees’ mental health
As hospitals have increased their mental health services to meet employee needs, some have created unique ways to better their employees’ well-being. On top of counseling services, some hospitals have implemented mental health initiatives including a h…
Wisconsin health system: Some unvaccinated workers face new deadline
Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health is warning some unvaccinated employees that they will lose their jobs if they do not receive a new exemption or Novavax’s recently authorized COVID-19 vaccine, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Sept. 8.
Open role at Mayo centered on engaging Black community
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic posted a job Aug. 31 for a community engagement coordinator-research position.
5 facts about the US direct care workforce
PHI, a nonprofit research and consulting organization, released a new annual report Sept. 6 highlighting demographics, occupational roles, job quality challenges and projected job openings related to the U.S. direct care workforce.
Healthcare added 48K jobs in August
Healthcare job growth slowed in August compared to the month prior, with the industry gaining 48,200 jobs, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
