Workforce

Chicago-based Cook County Health currently has about 5,500 employees and is looking to fill another 2,000 vacancies, according to an Aug. 29 report from WBEZ.

Houlton (Maine) Regional Hospital has created a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week security force, including two people in the emergency room waiting area. 

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Pine Rest Mental Health Services partnered with several Michigan Universities to support aspiring behavioral healthcare nurses, according to an Aug. 29 report from the Grand Valley Lanthorn.

Morristown, N.J.-based Saint Elizabeth University has been awarded a two-year $200,000 donation from Bank of America to aid Hispanic students seeking healthcare careers. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health said it will launch a new employee awards program in September that offers workers perks, discounts and a grand prize staycation.

Some Minneapolis healthcare workers report feeling unsafe going to work due to an increase in crime in the surrounding area, according to an Aug. 28 report from CBS Minnesota.

UTHealth Houston, which operates the United States' largest academic behavioral health complex, hopes to build a new School of Behavioral Health Sciences. 

As housing prices rise, hospital hires stall, and prime examples of that trend have emerged in Alaska and Idaho. 

Long COVID-19 is keeping between 2 million to 4 million Americans out of work, according to an Aug. 24 report from the Brookings Institute. 

Albany (N.Y.) Med System will team up with Troy, N.Y.-based Russell Sage College to create a new program for nursing students, in an effort to alleviate the national nursing shortage.