HR

Healthcare can be one of the strongest sectors in the labor market overall, but some positions in the industry are poised for more growth than others this year.

The number of primary care physicians is declining at a time when the U.S. needs more primary care physicians than ever.

A woman who was fired from her job at Coshocton (Ohio) County Memorial Hospital for refusing to receive a flu vaccination is suing the hospital, according to a Coshocton Tribune report.

Though the nation added 74,000 jobs last month, hospitals and the healthcare industry as a whole did not fare as well, according to the most recent seasonally adjusted numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Hospitals with the most employees are more concentrated in certain regions of the United States than others.

As temperatures in the Midwest and elsewhere in the country dropped to dangerously low levels, schools closed and companies told employees to stay home, hospitals took to keep their employees safe and their facilities staffed and open.

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.

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.