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Ventura (Calif.) County Medical Center, an integrated health system, and Santa Paula (Calif.) Hospital, a 49-bed campus of VCMC, canceled 20 elective surgeries Monday, including orthopedic and urology procedures, due to a spike in workers calling in sick, according to…

Edgewood-based HealthSouth Northern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital's expansion project created about 30 jobs, according to a Cincinnati Business Courier report.

Workers at Kirkland, Wash.-based EvergreenHealth reached a contract settlement that includes raising minimum wage to $15 per hour, according to the Kirkland Reporter.

Nurses at Mayo Clinic hospitals in Albert Lea and Austin, Minn., represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association, will vote on a proposed labor deal Thursday.

Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth will host a hiring event Tuesday for Cox Medical Center Branson (Mo.), according to a KYTV report.

Hospitals are increasingly using locum tenens to address a shortage of physicians, according to a STAT report.

Maine is dealing with an increasing shortage of healthcare workers, prompting some colleges, hospitals and other healthcare organizations to rev up their training and recruitment efforts, reports The Portland Press Herald.

The UFCW 21 union will protest against Tacoma, Wash.-based CHI Franciscan Health's proposal to move Harrison Medical Center's services in Bremerton, Wash., to Silverdale, Wash.

Unionized workers at Nyack (N.Y.) Hospital authorized a possible strike Wednesday, reports The Journal News.

Nearly 100 workers at San Francisco-based Dignity Health's Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, Calif., will unionize, according to a Santa Cruz Sentinel report.