The number of hospitals and health systems requiring COVID-19 vaccination for employees continues to grow amid efforts to end the pandemic.

One thing has become clear during the COVID-19 pandemic: The nursing workforce is evolving.

San Francisco will require personnel in high-risk settings such as skilled nursing facilities, acute care hospitals, homeless shelters and jails to be vaccinated against COVID-19, city officials said June 14.

BJC HealthCare will require employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 beginning in the fall, the St. Louis-based health system said June 15.  

The union representing workers at Catholic Health's Mercy Hospital of Buffalo (N.Y.) is urging the hospital to address a shortage of cleaning staff, according to news station WKBW.

New York City will hold a ticker tape parade July 7 to thank healthcare staff and other essential workers who supported the city during the pandemic, Mayor Bill de Blasio said June 14. 

University of California Health will require COVID-19 vaccines this fall, according to a statement from the university system.

Some employees at IU Health are pushing back against the Indianapolis-based health system's COVID-19 vaccination mandate, according to local news station WISH.  

New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian and Indianapolis-based Community Health Network will require their workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to health system statements.

In a recent press release, Incredible Health, one of the fastest-growing, venture-backed career marketplace for healthcare workers, announced a major milestone in its mission to radically transform how nurses are hired: it is now partnered with 60% of the top-ranked hospitals in the United States.

The number of hospitals and health systems requiring COVID-19 vaccination for employees continues to grow amid efforts to end the pandemic.

The U.S. Labor Department released new COVID-19 workplace safety rules for healthcare June 10, including a requirement that healthcare employers provide workers with paid time off to get vaccinated and to recover from side effects.

The University of Maryland Medical System and Johns Hopkins Medicine, both based in Baltimore, will require employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19, making them the latest health systems to do so. 

The advisory board for Oregon State Hospital was unaware of the seriousness of a staffing shortage that forced the hospital to ask for help from the National Guard, according to the Salem Reporter.

Some employees at Penn Medicine Lancaster (Pa.) General Health are petitioning against a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, according to LancasterOnline. 

Employees who receive automated emails and letters with personalized feedback on their cafeteria purchases may choose healthier food, according to a new study published June 7 in JAMA Network Open. 

The U.S. saw a record high of 9.3 million job openings since the Bureau of Labor Statistics started tracking job openings in December 2000. There were 998,000 new jobs added in April as workforce shortages at hospitals and health systems widened.

Houston Methodist employees had a deadline of June 7 at midnight to get the COVID-19 vaccine as part of the health system's mandate. The count as of June 8: Nearly 100 percent compliance with 24,947 workers being fully vaccinated.

Phoenix-based Banner Health said it has more than 800 job openings in Arizona and about 300 job openings in Colorado.

Executives at Memorial Hospital-Belleville (Ill.), a BJC HealthCare hospital, realized they needed a new approach to attracting and retaining employees a few years ago and took action.