Healthcare gained 52,400 jobs in May, similar to the average monthly gain of 50,000 over the previous 12 months, according to the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Mercy Health-Springfield (Ohio) Regional Medical Center unveiled its own police department and vehicle on May 25. 

As bosses and workers return to in-person work, more organizations are mandating Mondays in-office, according to management consulting firm Korn Ferry. 

What factors do you see affecting health system staffing strategies? What shifts do you anticipate based on the financial challenges hospitals and health systems face today?

More than a year after launching an in-house travel staffing agency, UPMC is adding a new regional approach to the effort.

Medical clinics' staffing costs rose 10 percent from 2022 to 2023, according to a recent survey from medical group advisory firm AMGA Consulting. 

Healthcare/products, which includes hospitals and medical products manufacturers, announced the fourth-most job cuts among 30 industries and sectors measured in the first five months of 2023, according to one new analysis.

Syracuse, N.Y.-based St. Joseph's Health is inviting back employees who were terminated for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, WSTM reported May 31. 

Healthcare staffing legislation remains under consideration in some state legislatures and in limbo in others, although two governors recently signed such bills into law. Here are six updates from across the U.S.: 

Cigna HealthcareSM has sponsored and provided editorial input on this article. Healthcare workers are experiencing unprecedented levels of burnout and cognitive fatigue. This is draining their enthusiasm for work and affecting their mental health, while also hurting organizations by increasing employee turnover and absenteeism. 

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill May 24 to enhance criminal penalties for people who knowingly commit assault or battery upon workers at a hospital. 

Tech enablement, or automation, and improved delegation of tasks have the potential to free up to 15 percent of nurses' time.

Baby boomers are poised to pass down $16 trillion in the next decade and $84 trillion through 2045. That financial cushion could influence millennial and Gen Z workers' choices, according to management consulting firm Korn Ferry. 

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Burnout is a major reason why many therapists and lab and radiologic technologists, among other allied healthcare professionals, choose to work on temporary travel assignments, according to a survey published May 23 by AMN Healthcare.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has been at the center of a controversial statewide staffing measure. Its relationship with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was essential to its exemption from the Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act — and the bill's final-hour revisions, the health system said. 

Tight hospital margins and chronic staffing troubles have led many healthcare organizations to reevaluate their hiring strategies, as evidenced by a May 23 Kaufman Hall report. 

Employees at Cleveland Clinic are enjoying a new benefit now that the hospital has partnered with Nestlé USA to provide employees with free frozen meals via Instacart to encourage them to stay on course with an employer health plan-sponsored weight management program.

The CEOs of three New England health systems said they are struggling to find staffing in rural communities even as they increase training opportunities, NBC affiliate WPTZ reported May 22. 

Regulations that would have required Minnesota hospitals to form nurse staffing committees to establish staffing levels were cut from a controversial bill during final-hour negotiations May 22, the Star Tribune reported.