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Saint Elizabeth University receives $200K for Hispanic students pursuing healthcare careers
Morristown, N.J.-based Saint Elizabeth University has been awarded a two-year $200,000 donation from Bank of America to aid Hispanic students seeking healthcare careers. -
Food, entertainment and staycations: Vanderbilt Health expands worker incentive toolbox
Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health said it will launch a new employee awards program in September that offers workers perks, discounts and a grand prize staycation. -
Minneapolis healthcare workers speak out on safety, crime near hospitals
Some Minneapolis healthcare workers report feeling unsafe going to work due to an increase in crime in the surrounding area, according to an Aug. 28 report from CBS Minnesota. -
UTHealth Houston proposes school to create mental health worker pipeline
UTHealth Houston, which operates the United States' largest academic behavioral health complex, hopes to build a new School of Behavioral Health Sciences. -
Rising housing costs hinder hospital operations
As housing prices rise, hospital hires stall, and prime examples of that trend have emerged in Alaska and Idaho. -
Long COVID-19 keeps up to 4 million out of work, report estimates
Long COVID-19 is keeping between 2 million to 4 million Americans out of work, according to an Aug. 24 report from the Brookings Institute. -
Albany Med System partners with local college to create nursing staff pipeline
Albany (N.Y.) Med System will team up with Troy, N.Y.-based Russell Sage College to create a new program for nursing students, in an effort to alleviate the national nursing shortage. -
Some pros have a better idea for quiet quitters: Just quit
Is "quiet quitting," a trend gaining traction on social media that encourages workers to diminish their enthusiasm at work and refrain from exceeding expectations, the second-rate version of actually resigning? -
Massachusetts health system invests $7M in workforce development
Pittsfield, Mass.-based Berkshire Health Systems will invest $7 million in its workforce development program, according to a sponsored article published in The Berkshire Eagle on Aug. 23. -
Mount Sinai opens 2 exhibits honoring COVID-19 staff
New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System has opened exhibits in two of its hospitals celebrating staff who worked through the COVID-19 pandemic. -
$73K new pay floor to accept a new job
The average reservation wage — the lowest pay level Americans would be willing to accept — was $72,873 in July, Bloomberg reported Aug. 22, citing a labor market survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. -
Essential workers report COVID-19 negatively affected dietary habits and quality of care
Essential workers reported that the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected their dietary habits and quality of healthcare. Neil Roy, MBBS, research fellow, and Sylvia Rosas, MD, MSCE, staff physician at the Joslin Diabetes Center and director of the Latino Kidney Clinic at harvard, investigated the impact of COVID-19 on dietary habits and quality of healthcare in individuals with diabetes. -
Cleveland Clinic nears goal of hiring 1,200 city residents by year's end
Cleveland Clinic said it is well on its way to hitting its goal of hiring 1,200 Cleveland residents in 2022. -
Job recovery for women still 100,000 shy of pre-pandemic level
As COVID-19 restrictions ease, the male workforce is stepping back to a pre-pandemic rhythm. For women, however, job restoration has been slower, USA Today reported Aug. 21. -
Junior volunteers making a difference at North Carolina hospital
High school students from across the U.S. dedicated their summer vacation to volunteering at Mount Airy, N.C.-based Northern Regional Hospital, according to an Aug. 21 report in The Mount Airy News. -
Allegheny Health System rolls out 'Work Your Way' staffing model
Citing a need to boost nurse hiring and retention, Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network has launched a new mobile internal staffing model. -
50% of executives plan layoffs as healthcare looks to rehire
A new survey of U.S. executives across numerous sectors finds contradictory sentiments on talent and labor management, with half of respondents indicating they have plans to reduce headcount as more than one-third see talent acquisition and retention as a serious business risk. -
Work friendships taking a back seat for Americans
Millions of Americans have changed jobs or started working remotely, which is a significant reason why work friendships are harder to forge and becoming less of a priority, according to an Aug. 17 report from The Wall Street Journal. -
Nearly half of healthcare workers 'at their breaking point,' survey finds
Forty-nine percent of U.S. healthcare workers in a recent survey said they are either at their breaking point or looking for new work due to the stress and trauma they endure on the job, a Colorado addiction treatment center reported Aug. 18. -
Mission Hospital nurses share staffing concerns with county officials
Nurses from Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Hospital raised staffing concerns with Buncombe County commissioners, ABC affiliate WLOS reported Aug. 17.
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