The healthcare industry contributed 29,000 of the overall 321,000 new jobs that were added to the U.S. last month, according to the most recent jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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A recent American Answers Employee Study shows many employees are not exceedingly satisfied or dissatisfied.
Singing River Health System in Pascagoula, Miss., has frozen its employee pension fund, according to a letter that CEO Kevin Holland sent to employees, the Sun Herald reported.
The deadline is approaching for officials with Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, Pa., to respond to complaints filed by the nurses’ union with the National Labor Relations Board, according to a Delaware County Daily Times report.
Hospital staff members who treated New York City's only Ebola patient are in the clear after passing the 21-day incubation mark without symptoms, according to a Washington Post report.
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Holland (Mich.) Hospital has laid of 30 employees as a result of decreasing inpatient visits, according to a report from WHTC.
West Chester (Ohio) Hospital plans to open a $10 million maternity ward next year, adding 50 new obstetric nurse and obstetrician positions, according to Cincinnati Business Courier.
Roughly 1,000 employees at Lee Memorial Health System in Fort Myers, Fla., missed the deadline to get their flu shot or file an exemption, which could lead to their termination, according to a report by The News-Press.
Morehead Memorial Hospital in Eden, N.C. has eliminated 22 positions and cut hours for 160 of its employees, according to a Triad Business Journal report.
Beginning in March, registered nurses in University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics' inpatient units and outpatient clinics will have to wear the same color scrubs, according to an Iowa City Press-Citizen report.