A suspect was charged with assaulting four hospital employees at Wellspan Ephrata (Pa.) Community Hospital, ABC affiliate WHTM reported Aug. 11.
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During the pandemic, U.S. workers reported a 50 percent increase in work absences due to personal illness, child care needs or family obligations compared to previous years, according to a new report released Aug. 1 by the Urban Institute with…
Eureka, Calif.-based Providence St. Joseph Hospital nurses plan to hold an informational picket Aug. 11 to protest short paychecks and unsafe working conditions based on staff-to-patient ratios, according to the union that represents them.
Aaron Gillingham has a firsthand perspective on the advantages and potential problems hospitals and health systems may face with hiring teenagers.
Salt Lake City-based Utah Hospital Association said hospitals across the state are seeing more stable staffing compared to 2021, though staffing levels are still down from pre-pandemic numbers, KSL Newsradio reported Aug. 9.
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With the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade, hospitals are concerned about additional challenges when it comes to recruiting and retaining medical staff, Bloomberg Law reported Aug. 9.
Hiring is getting less challenging on some level, even amid a tight labor market, several employers said, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The COO of Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System is calling for an end to the "ugly epidemic of violence" against healthcare workers and civility from the public following a recent attack on an emergency room nurse.
Student Defense, a legal advocacy group, filed a federal petition calling on HHS to address the financial penalties it is assessing on some medical professionals who participate in the National Health Service Corps loan repayment program, according to an Aug.…
An outside medical group will now staff the emergency department of Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Medical Center, the medical group said Aug. 4.