Workforce

The American Hospital Association is urging Congress to establish policies to combat workforce shortages facing healthcare facilities.  

Tina Shah, MD, has spent her career dedicated to supporting the well-being of healthcare workers. 

Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare has teamed up with Bellarmine University to create a new $2.4 million partnership to expand and diversify the regional workforce.

A group of healthcare experts and the National Academy of Medicine worked together to identify five actions healthcare leaders can take to support the emotional and psychological needs of nurses, physicians and other employees.

A proposed ballot measure in California would classify any nurse or healthcare worker who uses a digital platform to secure work as an independent contractor. 

More than one in five Black women (23 percent) in the U.S. workforce are employed in healthcare and are most likely to hold the lowest-paying, most hazardous jobs, according to a study published Feb. 7 in Health Affairs. 

U.S. hospitals, especially facilities in rural areas, are struggling to compete with bonuses and other rewards offered to staff by competitors, Kaiser Health News reported Feb. 7.

Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse, Wis., which serves Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, is asking for respect and patience from patients amid an increase in hostility toward healthcare workers, according to the La Crosse Tribune.

Burnout and stress from the pandemic have affected the already underfunded federal public health system. However, with $7.4 billion in funds set aside for recruiting and training federal public health experts, there are many ways public health agencies can use…

Gerald Harmon, MD, president of the American Medical Association, is calling for an end to threats and intimidation against physicians and other healthcare workers.