Texas Children's Hospital in Houston has been cited by the Labor Department's Occupational Health and Safety Administration for failing to protect employees from physical assaults by aggressive patients.
Workforce
Seventeen health systems have signed a commitment to help boost hiring and training of lower-income individuals.
Organizations are tightening the reins on remote work as productivity concerns linger. Some workplaces are shelling out thousands in relocation assistance to lure employees back to the office, The Wall Street Journal reported.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation May 8 that establishes the criminal offense of threats against a healthcare professional or any worker employed by a healthcare facility.
This episode features Lexi Kayser, Reporter at Becker's Hospital Review. Here, she discusses hospitals beginning to use flexible scheduling in order to retain staff and the US News & World Report response to backlash from medical schools withdrawing from their…
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American workers aren't as productive as they used to be. In fact, they're the least productive they've been since 1948, Fortune reported May 5.
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Registered nurses in Maine and members of the state's nursing association testified May 4 at a legislative hearing in support of statewide regulations on nurse-to-patient staffing ratios.
The most effective leaders have realized staffing issues and shortages aren't going away, but there are plenty of opportunities to redesign healthcare delivery for even better patient outcomes and experiences.
As of March, there are more than 27,000 open hospital jobs in the state of Michigan.