Workforce

Missouri hospitals continue to struggle with attracting and retaining staff, with turnover and vacancy rates among nurses and other surveyed professions exceeding all survey years other than 2021, according to new research from the Missouri Hospital Association.

Two members of Congress are requesting data regarding layoffs at New Orleans-based Ochsner Health to ensure the move did not disproportionately affect women or minority communities.

This live episode from the Becker’s Hospital Review 13th Annual Meeting in Chicago features Dr. Jeffery Rosen, Chief of Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens. Here, he discusses the new focus on the wellbeing of healthcare providers thanks…

The federal government is formally withdrawing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees of CMS-certified healthcare facilities that was enacted in November 2021 and moving to treat the virus, from an oversight standpoint, more like the flu.  

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.