Category: Workforce

US public health agencies critically understaffed, need 80K additional employees, study says

The U.S. public health workforce needs 80,000 more full-time workers in state and local settings, according to new research from the Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota School of Public Health, the Bethesda, Md.-based de Beaumont Foundation, and …

‘Our March 2020’: Capacity crisis, labor shortages collide at children’s hospitals

Labor shortages are complicating children’s hospitals’ ability to address capacity issues amid a severe surge in patients with respiratory syncytial virus. 

5 keys to tackling hospitals’ workforce shortage

High contract labor costs, fewer inpatient admissions and staffing shortages are some of the major challenges Massachusetts acute care hospitals are grappling with today and are resulting in care delays and reduced access to care.

Massachusetts health system requiring employees to get bivalent booster

Pittsfield, Mass.-based Berkshire Health Systems has issued a COVID-19 bivalent vaccine booster mandate for employees, public radio network WAMC reported Oct. 27.

Hospitals, health systems among industries with lowest promotion rates

Hospitals and health systems are among the five industries with the lowest promotion rates, according to an Oct. 26 analysis from LinkedIn. 

Rush Health ‘earn-as-you-learn’ program aims to staff supply chain

A new “earn-as-you-learn” program will pay trainees to learn the supply chain, then funnel them into positions at Chicago-based Rush Health, the Chicago Sun Times reported Oct. 27. 

‘No one should lose their life because they went to work’: Nurses seek action after Dallas shooting

Members of National Nurses United are calling for legislative action in the wake of the Oct. 22 shooting deaths of two employees at Methodist Dallas Medical Center.  

Healthcare workforce lost 333,942 providers in 2021

An estimated 333,942 healthcare providers dropped out of the workforce in 2021, according to an Oct. 20 report from Definitive Healthcare. 

Staff shortages, old buildings shutter beds at 3 Michigan psychiatric sites

Labor shortages and aging facilities have combined to close a total of 70 beds at three Michigan psychiatric sites, ABC affiliate WXYZ reported Oct. 20.

New framework for workplace mental health, wellbeing

The U.S. surgeon general addressed quiet quitting, the “Great Resignation,” and the shift in how Americans live and work while underscoring workplaces’ functional role in promoting the health and well-being of workers and communities.