Category: Workforce

CommonSpirit embraces staffing summits

Staffing plans are a crucial component of workforce strategies at any hospital or health system. And at Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, front-line clinicians are consistently weighing in on these plans through summits.  

Presbyterian COO on how the workforce is thriving post-pandemic

Tim Johnsen, BSN, RN, brings decades of experience to his role as senior vice president and COO of Presbyterian Delivery System at Albuquerque, N.M.-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services.

A case to revamp the workweek

Flexibility has become a hallmark of many competitive workplaces, and the four-day workweek is gaining popularity among Americans. On a broader scale, such adjustments could impact health equity efforts — specifically by reducing stressors on working m…

Cleveland Clinic embraces 'friendtors'

Cleveland Clinic is celebrating mentorships that extend beyond work — “friendtors,” as the system calls them. 

Contracts that put workers on hook for training costs face pushback

Regulators are starting to crack down on contracts that require workers to pay their employers back for training costs if they leave their jobs before the contract is up — arrangements that have come increasingly common over the past few years, especia…

The push for nurse staffing ratios nationwide: 5 updates

Mandated nurse-to-patient ratios span the West Coast as more states have signed related legislation. Meanwhile, other states continue to consider the issue.

Gen Z at work: 4 things to know

More Gen Zers are entering the workforce, and they’re satisfied, but not settling, according to a recent survey from Adobe. 

South Carolina hospital offers new employees free housing

New employees of Hilton Head (S.C.) Hospital will have one less concern when they move to the island: Housing is included, at least temporarily. 

A hot summer for healthcare jobs

Healthcare quietly experienced its most robust job growth this summer since the pandemic recovery, according to a new analysis from Altarum. 

Viewpoint: The 'last straw' for healthcare workers

Increasing workplace violence has left many healthcare workers feeling unsafe on the job and, in some cases, is motivating them to consider a career change, Harry Severance, MD, wrote in a Sept. 26 op-ed for Medpage Today.