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Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth has decided not to outsource hospitalists who treat patients at its Sacred Heart medical centers located in Springfield, Ore., and Eugene, Ore., according to The Register-Guard.

Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke's University Health Network will move about 1,000 employees to the former Agere Systems campus in Hanover Township, a community in the Bethlehem area, according to a news release from St. Luke's.

Baton Rouge (La.) General has added 150 clinical positions at its Bluebonnet campus, as it has added two patient care floors at that location and expects to see increased patient volumes there.

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North Shore-LIJ Health System in Great Neck, N.Y., and Hempstead-based Hofstra University plan to create the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Graduate Nursing and Health Professions, the organizations announced Tuesday.

According to Kronos Incorporated's recent survey, "thank you" could be the simple difference to retaining employees and keeping them happy in the workplace.

Union representatives picketed March 16 outside of facilities operated by Cincinnati-based Mercy Health in the wake of stalled contract negotiations, according to a Springfield News-Sun report.  

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