Category: Workforce

Cleveland Clinic offers employees free food and a weight loss strategy

Employees at Cleveland Clinic are enjoying a new benefit now that the hospital has partnered with NestlĂ© USA to provide employees with free frozen meals via Instacart to encourage them to stay on course with an employer health plan-sponsored weight man…

'Almost the Uber of how we deliver care': UVM Health CEO on creative rural staffing solutions

The CEOs of three New England health systems said they are struggling to find staffing in rural communities even as they increase training opportunities, NBC affiliate WPTZ reported May 22. 

'That bill has died': Staffing rules cut from Minnesota legislation

Regulations that would have required Minnesota hospitals to form nurse staffing committees to establish staffing levels were cut from a controversial bill during final-hour negotiations May 22, the Star Tribune reported. 

Industries attracting the most new grads: Here's where healthcare falls

Attracting Gen Z talent is at the top of leaders’ minds as staffing shortages continue to plague the healthcare industry. But how do recent graduates view healthcare, and which jobs in the field are most appealing to them? 

'An anti-democratic ultimatum': 8 leaders react to Mayo Clinic's staffing exemption

On May 18, the Minnesota Senate approved an exemption to its controversial Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act for one health system: Rochester-based Mayo Clinic. 

'Healthcare will surely crumble': Mayo lands full exemption as hospitals protest Minnesota staffing bill

The debate over Minnesota’s proposed nurse staffing bill is heating up, but as most of the state’s health systems attempt to gut the legislation, Rochester-based Mayo Clinic has successfully passed through a loophole. 

The question Boston Children's CHRO Lisa Abbott asks every Uber driver

Lisa Abbott became chief human resources officer of Boston Children’s Hospital in January 2023, and she brought with her a wealth of HR experience. 

Why Ascension is giving office space to Wichita State University

St. Louis-based Ascension is teaming up with Wichita (Kan.) State University to form a different sort of healthcare talent pipeline. 

The digital skill Gen Z is keenest to add this year

Generation Z varies from older workers when it comes to the digital skills they would like to learn this year, according to LinkedIn’s Workforce Confidence survey.

States with the highest employment level in 37 hospital jobs

Employment levels in jobs at hospitals vary, and so do the states with the highest employment level in those jobs.