Healthcare gained 60,100 jobs in September and is back at its February 2020 level, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Category: Workforce
National Academy of Medicine: 7 priorities to improve health workers’ well-being
The National Academy of Medicine recently released a “National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being,” urging health systems and the U.S. government toward “collective action” to fight burnout.
Are Americans ‘breaking up’ with ambition?
As the American workforce continues to change post-COVID, buzzwords such as the “Great Resignation” and “quiet quitting” have dominated the conversation surrounding workplace habits. But just because people are reevaluating their relationship with work…
29% of US workers looking to quit: report
Workers worldwide are reevaluating their relationships with their employers — and employment itself — according to a recent report.
Job openings hit lowest level since mid-2021
On the last business day of August, U.S. job openings reached the lowest level since the same month a year prior, according to the latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Sutter Coast to become teaching hospital aimed at physician recruitment
Amid today’s healthcare workforce challenges, Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health will add a physician residency training track aimed at increasing the number of primary care providers in rural areas it serves, according to an Oct. 4 health system&n…
Less than half of workers say they’re in a ‘good job.’ But what defines ‘good’?
Only 44 percent of workers say they have a “good job,” according to a recent Gallup report. Now, a statement from the Good Jobs Champions Group — formed by the nonprofit Aspen Institute’s Economic Opportunities Program and the Families and Workers Fund…
Los Angeles minimum wage hike for healthcare workers up to voters
A measure that proposes to raise the minimum wage for some healthcare workers in Los Angeles to $25 an hour will go before voters in 2024, according to a Sept. 30 report from the Los Angeles Daily News.
Medical org presidents to Congress: Pass healthcare worker violence protection bill
Association of American Medical Colleges President and CEO David Skorton, MD, and National Academy of Medicine President Victor Dzau, MD, are urging more action to address violence against healthcare workers.
Michigan health system to make ‘several hundred’ job cuts
Lansing, Mich.-based Sparrow Health System will make “several hundred job cuts,” primarily in leadership and non-patient care roles, the Lansing State Journal reported Sept. 29.
