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A union at Morgantown-based West Virginia University Hospitals has once again given the system a strike notice, and workers plan to walk out March 8, according to a WDTV report.

A look at how two health systems approach population health management for their employees.

Nearly half — 46 percent — of healthcare workers are likely to look for a new job in the next 12 months, an increase of 15 percent from quarter 3, according to the most recent Randstad Healthcare Employee Confidence Index.

Bryn Mawr, Pa.-based Main Line Health will stop hiring tobacco and nicotine users starting May 1, according to a report by The Inquirer

A recent blog post from Select International, a healthcare employees assessment firm, identifies steps organizations can take to improve their employee feedback systems.

Four generations are currently working in the U.S. — the first time this has occurred in our nation's modern history, according to the American Hospital Association. Traditionalists (born before 1945), baby boomers (1946-1964), generation X'ers (1965-1980) and millennials are all…

Increased competition, payment structure reform, changing delivery models, accountable care organizations, patient-centered medical homes, new boutique organizations entering the market — all of these factors created by healthcare reform are exerting huge pressures on hospital margins. As a result, most…

Thousands of employees at Miami-based Jackson Health System are set to receive a percent performance bonus if Miami-Dade County commissioners sign off on the arrangement next month, according to a Miami Herald report.

The Service Employees International Union has agreed to drop five healthcare ballot measures this year and will meet with Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, MD, the Oregon Nurses Association and five health systems to improve healthcare throughout the state.

Jersey City (N.J.) Medical Center's three unions are voting on a contract that would tie employee bonuses to performance metrics, according to a report by The Jersey Journal.