Women working full time in 2024 earned 81 cents for every dollar earned by men — the largest gender pay gap reported since 2016, The Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 24. Here are seven takeaways for healthcare leaders: 1. As…
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Doctors Council-represented primary care and urgent care providers at clinics operated by Minneapolis-based Allina Health are set to strike on Nov. 5, health system and union leaders said in statements shared with Becker’s. The 600-member union includes physicians, physician assistants…
More than 200 pharmacy technicians with the University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City are seeking to unionize. Pharmacy technicians at the Kansas system have filed a petition for a union election with the Kansas Public Employee Relations Board,…
Advanced practice provider hiring is booming across the industry as health systems navigate physician shortages and growing outpatient volumes. Here is a look at three interrelated factors driving demand for APPs:
Hospital labor costs held steady in August, signaling potential stabilization after several years of volatility. Yet new Kaufman Hall data shows that annual growth remains firmly in place, underscoring the lasting effects of a tight healthcare labor market and persistent…
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San Diego-based Scripps Health is the top large healthcare workplace for women, according to the “Fortune Best Workplaces for Women 2025” list. Health systems, insurers, staffing services and care solution companies were among the 16 healthcare organizations recognized. Fortune and…
The Illinois Nurses Association filed a petition to compel arbitration and complaint for declaratory relief Oct. 20 against St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Ill., alleging that union members never received promised COVID-19 bonus pay at the hospital, the Chicago…
Members of the California Nurses Association are set to strike Oct. 30 at six Tenet Healthcare hospitals in California: San Ramon Medical Center, Doctors Hospital of Manteca, Doctors Medical Center in Modesto, Turlock-based Emanuel Medical Center, Palm Springs-based Desert Regional…
Members of the California Nurses Association are set to strike Oct. 30 at Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital in Los Angeles. The union represents more than 1,400 nurses at USC Keck, USC Norris and select clinic…
All 10 of Bloomberg Philanthropies-sponsored healthcare high schools are now under construction or have welcomed their first cohorts of students. The first-of-its-kind initiative was announced by Bloomberg in January 2024. The philanthropy distributed $250 million across 10 health systems and…