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Dozens of maintenance workers, represented by SEIU Healthcare Minnesota, picketed April 18 outside Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea (Minn.), according to a MinnPost report.

Based on a recent Gallup poll, the number of U.S. employees who identify as "engaged" in their jobs hit a record high in March of 34.1 percent.

As part of "Talent Tuesdays," HealthStream recently discussed the role of employer brand in this series focused on how to improve talent management at healthcare organizations. 

Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth held a job fair April 15, where the system was seeking to hire about 100 people, according to a KY3 report.

In a press release this morning, Chi Solutions announced that executives Dr. Kathy Murphy and Jeffrey H. Myers will serve as faculty at the 21st Executive War College Conference on Laboratory & Pathology Management.

Nominations are now open for the Ansell Cares Heal, Educate, Reach, Overcome Nurse Service Award, also known as the HERO award, given to nurses who have greatly influenced their patients and other nurses.

Workers at Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Memorial Medical Center, represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, reached a contract agreement with management April 13, according to a WIVB report.

Employees at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, Calif., and Redwood Memorial Hospital in Fortuna, Calif., have reached a contract agreement with management, according to a Times-Standard report.

Merger activity across healthcare increased significantly in 2015 and is continuing to accelerate according to the Wall Street Journal1.

More than 40 states have nondisciplinary programs in place to help nurses addicted to medication get treatment before accidentally harming their patients. According to a Star Tribune report, Wisconsin has such a program, but nurse participation rates are extremely low.