Category: Workforce

Northwell aims to streamline flexible staffing via startup

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has reached an agreement with Prolucent Health, a Dallas-based workforce optimization startup, to implement Prolucent’s VMS+ platform for managing the 21-hospital health system’s temporary staffing needs.

Applications open for NYC Health + Hospital's clinical leadership fellowship

NYC Health + Hospitals opened applications July 10 for a one-year fellowship designed to prepare post-residency graduates for administrative roles, the New York City-based health system said in a news release sent to Becker’s. This is the program’s fif…

SSM Health adds on-demand staffing capabilities to ease shortages

SSM Health, a 23-hospital health system based in St. Louis, has added an on-demand workforce platform to fill staffing gaps and improve employee retention.

New York restricts mandatory overtime for nurses

Healthcare employers in New York may no longer require nurses to work more than their regularly scheduled hours, with some exceptions, under a new law that took effect July 6. 

University Hospital in New Jersey to receive $396M for salaries, benefits in new budget

Newark, N.J.-based University Hospital will receive $396 million for staff salaries and benefits for the next year, according to a report in the NJ Spotlight News.

Healthcare workers keep calling it quits

Healthcare saw a bump this spring in the number of resignations as a share of total employment as many other industries begin to see the quits rate abate, according to The Wall Street Journal. 

Mayo Clinic sees record year for hiring

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., experienced a record year for hiring in 2022, the health system confirmed in a statement shared with Becker’s on July 6. 

New York system lifts vaccine mandate

Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health will no longer require the COVID-19 vaccine for employment, according to a news release shared with Becker’s.

Healthcare job cuts up 97% from 1st half of 2022

Healthcare/products companies and manufacturers, including hospitals, announced the fourth-most job cuts among 30 industries and sectors measured in the first half of 2023, according to one new analysis.

New York health system bans local travel nurses

Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter’s Health Partners will no longer hire travel nurses who live within a 50-mile radius of their workplace, according to local CBS affiliate WRGB.