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Executives at Memorial Hospital-Belleville (Ill.), a BJC HealthCare hospital, realized they needed a new approach to attracting and retaining employees a few years ago and took action.

Thirty National Guard members will begin their training at Oregon State Hospital's main campus in Salem June 7 to help reduce workforce strain while staff members are on leave for reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a hospital…

Bend, Ore.-based St. Charles Health System, which put out a plea to the community May 28 as it faced a capacity crisis, said the capacity situation has improved, but staffing issues persist as the four-hospital organization struggles to fill more than…

Hospitals added 2,900 jobs in May, after four months of job losses this year, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Texas Children's in Houston said it is increasing employees' salaries by 2 percent and providing an additional week of paid time off to workers in gratitude for their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.

While many employees at health systems have been vaccinated for COVID-19 in recent months, other workers do not ever plan to get inoculated or are still considering it. 

Survey results published by USA Today June 3 provide a glimpse of COVID-19 vaccination rates among healthcare employees and suggest a number of workers remain unvaccinated.  

Indiana University Health, a 16-hospital system in Indianapolis, will require employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19, The Indianapolis Star reported June 1. 

Grande Ronde Hospital and Clinics in La Grande, Ore., is closing its hospice care program, the health system said May 27.

U.S. employers can legally require employees physically entering the workplace to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, according to updated guidelines from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.