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Berkshire Medical Center, a 298-bed community hospital in Pittsfield, Mass., said it filed a legal request with a federal court to avert a planned Oct. 3 nurses strike.

A ballot initiative that would limit the number of patients Massachusetts hospital nurses can see at a given time is gaining momentum.

Orlando (Fla.) Health's skilled nursing facility at the Health Central Hospital campus in Ocoee, Fla., is expected to bring hundreds of construction and healthcare jobs to the area, according to an Orlando Business Journal report.

A union representing nurses at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital is standing up against the facility's new policy mandating flu vaccines for employees, reports The Boston Globe.

Hospitals and health systems continue to expand beyond their historical acute-care focus. This ongoing diversification over nearly a decade is driven in large part by changes in reimbursement and the transition of many services from the in-patient to the out-patient…

Various Missouri healthcare organizations will participate in a job fair focused on veterans, according to a KSPR report.

Louisville, Ky.-based Humana rolled out a voluntary early retirement program for employees age 55 or older, Louisville Business First reports.

Minnesota Security Hospital, a psychiatric facility in St. Peter, will hold a job fair Wednesday, reports The Free Press.

The doctor cannot get to the point. He is trying. But even when his patient asks him directly, “Are you saying I’m dying?” he fumbles, unable to simply answer, “Yes.”

Patient demand and major shortages of clinical workers have made talent acquisition one of the most important – and difficult -- issues facing healthcare organizations today.