Los Angeles-based Keck Medicine of USC has expanded its employee wellness program, Care for the Caregiver, and appointed Steven Siegel, MD, PhD, as chief mental health and wellness officer.
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The U.S. Labor Department extended how long healthcare employers have to respond to new COVID-19 workplace safety rules, but not when employers need to implement the changes.
The University of Cincinnati Medical Center and nurses ratified a three-year agreement July 8.
Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health will require its 117,000 employees across 22 states to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Striking St. Vincent Hospital nurses brought their calls for increased staffing and safety to Dallas on July 7, where their hospital's parent organization, Tenet Healthcare, is headquartered.
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Humana is hiring up to 200 seasonal enrollment representatives around the Louisville, Ky. area, the company said July 7.
CoxHealth had 280 traveling nurses during the last peak of COVID-19. Now the Springfield, Mo.-based system is down to 150 as it braces for a 50 percent increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations in the next two weeks, according to the Springfield…
Up to 2,000 employees of Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock will continue to work remotely in some capacity after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, The Valley News reported July 5. This represents about 13 percent of the health system's total workforce.
Worcester, Mass.-based St. Vincent Hospital and nurses will head to the negotiating table July 9, according to the Telegram & Gazette.
Worcester, Mass.-based St. Vincent Hospital nurses are traveling to Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare to "speak directly to the corporate executives" amid a monthslong strike, according to MassLive.