Category: Workforce

Members of a coalition founded by 10 health system CEOs across the U.S. have worked with a group of healthcare experts, as well as the National Academy of Medicine, to identify five actions healthcare leaders can take to support the emotional…

A proposed ballot measure in California would classify any nurse or healthcare worker who uses a digital platform to secure work as an independent contractor. 

More than one in five Black women (23 percent) in the U.S. workforce are employed in healthcare and are most likely to hold the lowest-paying, most hazardous jobs, according to a study published Feb. 7 in Health Affairs. 

U.S. hospitals, especially facilities in rural areas, are struggling to compete with bonuses and other rewards offered to staff by competitors, Kaiser Health News reported Feb. 7.

Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse, Wis., which serves Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, is asking for respect and patience from patients amid an increase in hostility toward healthcare workers, according to the La Crosse Tribune.

Gerald Harmon, MD, president of the American Medical Association, is calling for an end to threats and intimidation against physicians and other healthcare workers.

As part of efforts to attract and retain employees, Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth launched a new education and upskilling program.

U.S.-based companies announced 19,064 job cuts in January, and 5,757 workers lost their jobs because they refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas, an executive outplacement and coaching firm.&…

Hospitals gained jobs in January after losing them in the two months prior, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

When E.J. Kuiper began his tenure as CEO of Omaha, Neb.-based CHI Health in January, the idea of starting an internal staffing agency was already something he had conceived.