Workforce

Many hospitals and health systems turned to third-party staffing agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic to address shortages of clinicians and other healthcare professionals. Now a growing number of organizations are offering internal travel programs amid an opportunity to attract workers while…

University Medical Center of El Paso (Texas) has launched two programs focused on retaining current employees.

Female healthcare professionals working in the emergency medicine field report a higher prevalence and risk of burnout than men, according to a May 27 global study published in the European Journal of Emergency Medicine. 

High rates of burnout exist among workers worldwide, creating more risk of employers losing talent, according to a new report from McKinsey Health Institute.

CMS said it has cited 69 hospitals for not complying with the agency's COVID-19 vaccination mandate covering healthcare facilities participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, Politico reported May 30.  

Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., is training employees to become medical assistants amid a shortage of those workers, according to NPR affiliate WPLN.  

Despite the necessity of caution regarding bringing COVID-19 into work, many employees are not afforded the right to call in sick, Aaron Carroll, MD, writes in a May 30 New York Times guest essay. 

Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital this week began vaccinating some employees against monkeypox who were in close contact with a patient diagnosed with the virus, The Boston Globe reported May 26.

Missouri hospitals experienced unprecedented levels of turnover and vacancy in 2021, indicative of a "full-blown crisis in hospital staffing," according to a report released May 25 by the state hospital association.

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health is clarifying its efforts to reduce dependence on travel nurses after employees expressed concerns about staffing and patient care.