Workforce

Unlimited paid time off is starting to gain traction in the U.S., including at some hospitals and health systems. While still relatively rare, 7% of U.S. organizations now offer unlimited PTO, up from 1% in 2014, according to human resources…

Clinical roles are among the 10 fastest-growing jobs for new graduates with bachelor’s degrees, according to a May 7 analysis from LinkedIn. To compile the list, LinkedIn analyzed anonymized data from millions of member profiles and job postings between 2022…

If advanced practice provider employment growth continues at current rates, non-physician clinicians and physicians will soon make up equal parts of the nation’s provider workforce, according to Kaufman Hall’s latest Physician Flash Report.  APPs now account for 41% of providers…

Investing in the workforce of tomorrow is crucial for any health system — and Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System’s investment strategy has one focus: value. At its core, this approach centers on the quintuple aims of driving value in healthcare —…

Columbia University is laying off 180 researchers whose work was funded by now-terminated federal grants. The New York City-based university attributed the layoffs to increasing budget constraints and uncertainty regarding future research funding levels. “We have had to make deliberate,…

Lawmakers have introduced legislation that would set federal criminal penalties for assaulting hospital employees. Five things to know: 1. U.S. Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and Angus King, I-Maine, introduced the Save Healthcare Workers Act (S.1600) in the Senate on May…

A new survey of nearly 10,000 clinical students reveals missed opportunities by hospitals in the recruitment of soon-to-graduate nurses and allied health professionals. In addition, the research uncovered opportunities for better alignment between academic preparation and real-world clinical demands, while…

Amid ongoing challenges across the healthcare workforce, including burnout and shortages, the University of Cincinnati is working to tackle this issue through a program that embeds UC students into clinical settings. Students are embedded as patient care assistants, offering nurses…

Saint Alphonsus Health System, part of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, has launched a student loan repayment initiative to tackle healthcare workforce shortages in Idaho and surrounding regions. The program, launched in partnership with recruitment platform Clasp, will offer structured loan…

Healthcare gained 50,600 jobs in April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is roughly in line with the average monthly increase of 52,000 jobs over the previous 12 months.  Here are four other things to know from the…