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Hundreds of nurses at Richland, Wash.-based Kadlec Regional Medical Center and their supporters rallied this week, asking for a fair contract, according to a Tri-City Herald report.

Healthcare workers held a vigil this week outside Sisters of Charity Hospital's St. Joseph Campus in Cheektowaga, N.Y., to raise awareness over staffing issues, according to a Time Warner Cable News report.

Woonsocket, R.I.-based CVS Pharmacy wants to create up to 500 new full-time jobs under its Caremark division in Central Florida, according to a Orlando Business Journal report.

Rockcastle Regional Hospital in Mt. Vernon, Ky., is expanding its respiratory care center.

Med students have it tough: Learning how to be physicians while attending classes, making rounds, trying to figure out which among hundreds of clinical disciplines and specialties is the right fit. On top of that, they also need to keep…

The healthcare industry is about to see a surge of retirements among baby boomer nurses, just as the demand for RNs reaches an all-time high, according to the results of AMN Healthcare's annual survey of registered nurses.

Memphis, Tenn.-based St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has confirmed a $7 billion expansion plan that will add jobs, expand its research into sickle cell anemia and help boost its efforts to fight childhood cancer, according to a Memphis Business Journal…

The following piece was submitted to Becker's Hospital Review as a letter to the editor on November 6. It is reprinted below in full and refers to this article.

Manchester-based Eastern Connecticut Health Network, which owns Rockville General Hospital in Vernon and Manchester Memorial Hospital, plans to freeze wages for the rest of its current fiscal year, according to a Journal Inquirer report.

Healthcare leaders are under pressure to improve performance as rapidly as possible in an environment of great ambiguity.