Ever-tightening budgets coupled with low unemployment in many areas of the country continue to force hospitals and health systems to take a critical look at the allocation of total rewards dollars – one of the biggest budgetary line items for…
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Nurses at Lower Bucks Hospital in Bristol, Pa., staged an informational picket Oct. 8 to protest against unsafe staffing, according to a Philadelphia Business Journal report.
Cardinal Health announced this week that they awarded 29 grants totaling $924,551 to help non-profit health care institutions across the country improve the effectiveness, efficiency and excellence of patient care.
Nurses at Shore Medical Center in Somers Point, N.J., members of the Shore Nurses Union, plan to strike for one day on Oct. 22, according to a report from The Press of Atlantic City.
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Middletown, Ohio-based Atrium Medical Center is looking to hire more than 50 experienced healthcare workers, including dozens of nurses, according to a Cincinnati Business Courier report.
Houston Methodist is looking to fill roughly 1,500 open positions at its eight area campuses, according to a KHOU report.
A state agency has cited Newark, N.J.-based University Hospital for failing to adequately protect staff members during the treatment of a patient with Lassa Fever who died there earlier this year, according to a report from NJ Advance Media.
In a recent blog, Integrated Healthcare Strategies highlights three consumerism trends that all healthcare organizations should take note of.
Pottstown (Pa.) Memorial Medical Center and a union representing 275 workers at PMMC reached an agreement in time to avert a potential strike, according to a Reading Eagle report.