Category: Workforce

Albany Med to cut 37 positions, restructure leadership

After a $66 million year-to-date operating loss, Albany (N.Y.) Med will eliminate 37 roles and reorganize its management, NBC affiliate WNYT reported Sept. 15. 

Nurse deficit could reach 2.1 million by 2025, study finds

Over the next three years, high turnover and an ill-prepared healthcare industry could widen the nursing gap by 2.1 million workers, new research suggests. 

Hospitals to Congress: Expedite visas for nurses to boost workforce

The American Hospital Association issued a statement Sept. 14 urging the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship and Border Safety to take steps to improve the immigration process to alleviate the U.S. healthcare worker shortage.

Wisconsin bureau under fire for healthcare worker license delays

Some Wisconsin healthcare workers have had to push back their start dates due to backlogging in the state’s licensing department, Fox affiliate WITI reported Sept. 13. Others have left the state, looking for work while hoping not to encounter similar d…

U of Chicago launches course aimed at addressing healthcare misinformation

A new course at the University of Chicago helps future healthcare workers prepare to engage with medical misinformation, according to a Sept. 8 report from University of Chicago Medicine.

Nurse practitioner will be fastest-growing job over next decade

The occupation with the highest projected percent change of employment in the U.S. between 2021 and 2031 is nurse practitioner, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  

COVID-19 illness shrank US labor force by 500,000, study finds

Illness caused by COVID-19 has reduced the U.S. labor force participation rate by 0.2 percentage points, or by about 500,000 workers, through June 2022, according to a study released Sept. 12.

How Johns Hopkins, Banner + 2 other systems support employees’ mental health

As hospitals have increased their mental health services to meet employee needs, some have created unique ways to better their employees’ well-being. On top of counseling services, some hospitals have implemented mental health initiatives including a h…

Wisconsin health system: Some unvaccinated workers face new deadline

Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health is warning some unvaccinated employees that they will lose their jobs if they do not receive a new exemption or Novavax’s recently authorized COVID-19 vaccine, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Sept. 8.

Open role at Mayo centered on engaging Black community

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic posted a job Aug. 31 for a community engagement coordinator-research position.