Duke Health is ramping up security at its hospitals following an attack that left an emergency room nurse unconscious and with facial fractures.
Category: Workforce
Beyond the dollar: Hospitals embrace flexibility to retain workers
Hospitals and health systems have largely relied on competitive pay to retain employees throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Now many organizations are going beyond financial benefits to keep staff, offering more flexibility in when and where they work.&n…
New York hospital reaches tentative labor deal
Ogdensburg, N.Y.-based Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center has reached a tentative deal with Service Employees International Union 1199 Upstate, WWNYTV reported July 28.
Patient safety at heart of staffing shortage
A growing shortage of healthcare workers is raising concerns about patient safety, according to a July 28 report from U.S. News & World Report.
More hospitals considering on-site child care to keep staff
Hospitals across the U.S. are struggling to keep workers, and some organizations are considering child care centers for their employees to help address the issue, Kaiser Health News reported July 28.
Forecast calls for drop in demand for traveling nurses
Demand for traveling nurses spiked during the pandemic, with some earning up to $10,000 a week in parts of the U.S. Due to rising wages, HCA Healthcare sharply lowered its full-year guidance earlier this year. At the same time, shares of temporary medi…
Cone Health needed medical assistants. An internal program is closing the staffing gap.
When Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health could not find enough certified medical assistants to hire from outside the organization, it began to look at internal options.
New Hampshire enacts law to protect healthcare workers in wake of guard’s death
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu signed a bill July 22 requiring healthcare facilities to implement and maintain workplace violence prevention programs, according to the Foster’s Daily Democrat.
5 ways Renown Health’s patient access department is tackling staff shortages
Labor shortages are affecting departments across the healthcare system.
Hospitals ‘rob Peter to pay Paul’
Hospitals and health systems across the U.S. have faced workforce challenges from staffing shortages throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising, driven largely by the BA.5 omicron subvariant, they continue …
