The healthcare industry added roughly 19,000 jobs in April, with hospitals contributing 1,700 jobs to that gain, according to the most recent jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Leadership & Management
The following 10 hospital and health system layoffs and workforce reductions were covered by Becker's Hospital Review in the last two weeks. They are listed below by number of employees and/or positions affected.
Officials from UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh recently disclosed Legionella bacteria found in its ice machines contributed to the death of one patient in 2013 and sickened two others, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report.
Forty-two employees from Barton Hospital in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., have accepted a voluntary separation program that includes a severance package, according to a Tahoe Daily Tribune report.
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center plans to eliminate 350 jobs across all of its locations.
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About 400 nurses, represented by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, held a picket Thursday outside Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, Calif., according to a report by The Sun.
Tom Mallon, CEO of Regent Surgical Health, shares his top ASC concern.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will hold a confirmation hearing on May 8 for the Obama administration's new nominee for HHS secretary, Sylvia Mathews Burwell.
Launched with funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to date the country's 62 regional extension centers have helped 872 critical access and small rural hospitals meet meaningful use requirements.
With wider access to and transparency of quality and care data, healthcare providers need to focus on improving patient engagement and the patient experience, according to a Gallup Business Journal report.