Thirty-one percent of clinicians participating in a global study said they were considering leaving their current role by 2024, with nearly half of participating U.S. clinicians reporting these plans, according to a report released March 15 by analytic…
Hospitals and health systems must work to address disrespectful behaviors in the workplace, which can pose consequences for patient safety, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices wrote in a March 10 report.
Pharmacy technicians are in short supply at hospitals and health systems, with nearly 1 in 10 organizations reporting they had lost at least 41 percent of these workers, according to new American Society of Health System Pharmacists surveys releas…
Hospitals’ reliance on travel nurses to fill workforce gaps is certain to continue after the COVID-19 pandemic threat ends as organizations grapple with demand for care unrelated to the virus and the departure of nurses from full-time staff jobs, …
Hospitals’ struggles to fill job vacancies in a tight labor market have been well-documented.
A man is facing several charges in connection with an attack and shooting of a nonclinical Integris Baptist Medical Center employee, Oklahoma City records show.
Expensive reliance on traveling nursing is a symptom of a longer-running, self-inflicted disaster: hospitals’ failure to hire and support enough nurses to weather crises, an op-ed contends in The Washington Post.
Following the rejection and subsequent withdrawal of its merger proposal with Care New England, Lifespan is shifting its focus to filling the 2,400 vacant positions it has across its system, Lifespan CEO Timothy Babineau, MD, told WPRI March 10.
The University of Vermont Health Network is investing $2.8 million to help finance housing in South Burlington that can be used for its workers.
The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan helped fund premium pay, or bonus pay in addition to regular wages, for more than 740,000 front-line workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the U.S. Treasury Department.
