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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. 

Healthcare/products, which includes hospitals and medical products manufacturers, announced the fourth-most job cuts among 30 industries and sectors measured in the first five months of 2023, according to one new analysis.

Syracuse, N.Y.-based St. Joseph's Health is inviting back employees who were terminated for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, WSTM reported May 31.