Certified registered nurse anesthetists play a critical role in surgical, procedural and obstetric care, particularly in rural and underserved communities where access to anesthesia providers can be limited. But the concentration of CRNAs varies considerably across states, according to May…
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Athletic trainers are licensed healthcare providers and are qualified to scrub into the operating room as surgical first assists in most states, which offers hospitals a valuable pipeline to fill surgical technologist gaps. In 2024, health systems reported that surgical…
Surgical assistants saw the highest jump in pay among healthcare tech positions, while psychiatric aides had the largest growth in employed positions, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The bureau gathered employment data for healthcare assistant and technician positions…
Remote work — not AI — could be the main factor behind rising unemployment among young college graduates, according to a June 1 analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Unemployment among college graduates younger than 29 averaged…
For a hospital in a rural state, out-of-state recruitment can be a challenge. Chief Human Resources Officer Neil Teatsorth at San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington, N.M., said the state has handed hospitals a powerful new recruitment tool. New…
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Nearly 22% of mid-career U.S. healthcare workers have hit a stall: employed but without a meaningful promotion or raise for five or more years, according to a recent study. Three hospital and health system chief human resources officers told Becker’s…
Healthcare employment rose by 35,200 in May, in line with the 12-month average of 38,000 monthly job gains, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The bureau released the jobs report June 5. Here are three more takeaways: 1.…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order June 3 to reclassify about 8,000 senior policy-influencing roles into a new civil service category, making them at-will positions. Five things to know: 1. The Schedule Policy/Career classification allows agencies to remove employees…
Three Optum businesses are laying off 58 people in New Jersey, according to June Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notices. Effective Aug. 26, the layoffs span Optum Select Management in Somerset, Optum Care in Rutherford and Optum Services in Basking Ridge,…
The American Academy of Physician Associates and the PA Education Association sued the U.S. Department of Education June 3, challenging a final rule that caps graduate and professional student loans and takes effect July 1. Seven things to know: 1.…