Pennsylvania hospitals will receive strike teams from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to relieve capacity strains at hospitals in areas hit hardest by the latest COVID-19 surge, acting Secretary of Health Keara Klinepeter confirmed Dec. 28.
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From employee departures to hospital policies and requirement suspensions, stories about COVID-19 vaccination mandates dominated the top workforce stories that captured the interest of readers this year.
West Virginia will use $48 million in federal CARES Act funding to support a new program targeting nursing education, retention and recruitment, Gov. Jim Justice said Dec. 21.
As the omicron variant of COVID-19 spreads, about a quarter of executive leaders are delaying their workplace reopening plans.
Amid a COVID-19 surge in the state, nurses in Minnesota are pleading with hospital CEOs and public officials to address what they describe as a staffing and retention crisis inside facilities.
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California will require that healthcare workers receive a COVID-19 booster, Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
WVU Medicine Potomac Valley Hospital in Keyser, W.Va., will receive a $2.6 million federal grant for a new workforce training center on the hospital campus.
Legal battles over the Labor Department's vaccine ruling and the omicron variant wave have caused confusion for employers across the country, The New York Times reported Dec. 20.
A group of 38 Minnesota House Republican state representatives are urging Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic to drop its COVID-19 vaccination mandate as legal challenges persist around federal requirements for healthcare workers.
From shortages to job growth, here are six predictions made in 2021 regarding the future healthcare workforce, reported by Becker's Hospital Review.