UPMC is creating an in-house travel staffing agency to address the nationwide nursing shortage and to attract and retain highly skilled nurses and surgical technologists, the Pittsburgh-based health system said Dec. 17.
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The healthcare workforce is on the brink of experiencing high staff turnover rates, indicative of what is being deemed the "Great Resignation," a new American Medical Association-led study suggests.
The pandemic highlighted the burden of labor and caregiving that women disproportionately bear, but it may have also shifted some standards of work that could ease the burden for women in the workforce, The Wall Street Journal reported Dec. 11.
As COVID-19 surges continue to affect hospitals in the U.S., the Association of American Medical Colleges is calling on healthcare organizations to continue vaccination requirements for their employees.
Healthcare workers have launched a campaign urging Washington state lawmakers to pass legislation to address what they describe as a statewide staffing crisis.
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Hospitals that invest in nurse burnout reduction programs may see less burnout-attributed nurse turnover and associated costs, according to a new study published in the latest issue of the Journal of Patient Safety.
The youngest members of the workforce may have a major role to play in increasing union support and activism, Fortune reported Dec. 14.
Ten providers recently posted job listings seeking leaders to help payer contracting and relations.
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has sent nurses to two Upstate hospitals amid a COVID-19 surge in western New York.