Overall healthcare employee confidence dropped three points to 54.5 out of 100 in the first quarter of 2013, according to the latest Randstad Healthcare Employee Confidence Index, a survey of 183 healthcare workers, including physicians, administrators and healthcare professionals.
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Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., is implementing a round of spending cuts that will last through June 30, the end of its 2012-2013 fiscal year, according to a Winston-Salem Journal report.
The Service Employees International Union has won a vote to keep representing 45,000 employees of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Members of the New York State Nurses Association picketed outside Champlain Valley Physicians' Hospital Medical Center in Plattsburgh, N.Y., Thursday, according to a Press-Republican report.
Employee attitudes and behaviors have a direct impact on clinical and patient experience measures, according to research by Towers Watson.
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Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy is cutting 30 positions due to recent consolidations, according to a KY3 report.
The Westerly (R.I) Hospital is laying off 45 employees, according to a report by The Westerly Sun.
Cleveland-based MetroHealth System has announced it will no longer hire tobacco users, effective June 1.
In a blog post, Steven Jarrett from Select International shares advice for interviewers to transition the process from an interview that is conducted to an interview that is conducted correctly.
Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health & Services has laid off 150 employees across its system, with the layoffs going into effect in 60 days, according to a Seattle Times report.