Healthcare is among the U.S. industries that saw a hiring decrease from February 2018 through February 2019, at 3.2 percent, according to a study from the Reboot Digital Marketing agency.

Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health said it laid off 239 employees within its IT services company in an effort to better position the company for success, according to Penn Live.

A U.S. senator, on behalf of hospitals, is urging CMS and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to collaborate to find a regulatory framework that addresses violence at healthcare facilities, a hospital association spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s.

Bay Medical Sacred Heart in Panama City, Fla., wants to hire 300 employees this year as it rebuilds after Hurricane Michael, according to The News Herald.

UnitedHealth Group, Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health and other healthcare companies are part of FlexJobs’ list of 50 companies hiring  the most part-time workers  in 2019.

The following organizations have shared hiring plans since Feb. 21:

Healthcare added 49,100 jobs in March, with hospitals contributing 13,600 to that total, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

About 16 percent of all nurses and 41 percent of unengaged nurses reported feelings of burnout, according to a report from PRC, a healthcare market research and consulting company.

St. Vincent Indianapolis, part of St. Louis-based Ascension, seeks to hire about 500 nurses, according to local television station RTV6.

An Ohio lawmaker has introduced legislation that would prohibit mandatory overtime for nurses, according to a Dayton Daily News report.

Illinois lawmakers have proposed legislation that would set a maximum number of patients that may be assigned to registered nurses in hospitals, according to dual ABC/MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station WQAD.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is backing a city-sponsored program that offers financial assistance for full-time students who want to attend community college, according to the Nashville Business Journal.

A gap in professional skills is making it hard for the U.S. healthcare industry to fill jobs, a recent report published by job search website Indeed found.

Physicians are generally happy in their lives and jobs, but there are parts of work that cause unhappiness, according to a joint study released by CompHealth and the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Nashville, Tenn., and San Jose, Calif., had the lowest unemployment rate among large U.S. metropolitan areas in January, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health is looking to fill more than 500 open positions, including 250 nursing jobs, said Scott Hawig, the system's executive vice president of finance, chief financial and administrative officer and treasurer.

Healthcare added 20,800 jobs in February, with hospitals contributing 4,200 to that total, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Nurses at Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital say there's a staffing crisis at the facility and are demanding that administrators fix the problem, according to the Olean Times Herald.

Michigan lawmakers have reintroduced the Safe Patient Care Act, which would mandate nurse-to-patient ratios at hospitals, according to a Daily Mining Gazette report.

Employers in the healthcare business are the best companies to work for in 11 states, according to an analysis by Zippia, a career search and employment services company.