Many healthcare occupations are projected to grow in employment faster than the average job growth rate, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Milwaukee-based Children's Hospital of Wisconsin plans to move 475 finance and information service employees to offices in West Allis, Wis., according to a Journal Sentinel report.
Just 30 percent of the nation's workforce is engaged in their work, meaning the majority of workers — 70 percent — are not, according to Gallup's State of the American Workplace: Employee Engagement Insights for U.S. Business Leaders report.
About 150 employees at Houston-based St. Anthony's Hospital haven't been paid for weeks, and officials are pointing to a new Medicare payment contractor as the problem, according to a KTRK report.
Coos Bay, Ore.-based Bay Area Hospital is outsourcing its transcriptionist services, meaning up to 10 transcriptionists will lose their jobs, according to a report by The World.
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Members of a union at Morgantown, W.Va.-based West Virginia University Hospitals voted to authorize a strike and gave a 10-day strike notice Dec. 19, according to a report by The Dominion Post.
Though no contract agreement has been reached, New London, Conn.-based Lawrence + Memorial Hospital welcomed union member employees back to work Thursday after a three-week lockout, according to a report by The Day.
Three hospitals in Vermont and New Hampshire plan to outsource most of their lab work to Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center as part of a cost-saving pilot program, according to a Valley News report.
Long Beach (N.Y.) Medical Center is facing a class-action lawsuit filed by 11 former employees, according to a Newsday report.
A survey from Fidelity Investments shows more nurses are saving for retirement, but many are still not sure if they will have enough money to retire.