RWJBarnabas Health is now requiring supervisors and above to be vaccinated for COVID-19, with plans to eventually extend the mandate to all employees, the West Orange, N.J.-based health system said May 20.
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Philadelphia's six-hospital University of Pennsylvania Health System will make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for all employees and clinical staff, the health system said May 19.
Most areas in the U.S. don't have access to pediatric emergency physicians, according to research published May 18 in JAMA Network Open.
The hospital workforce has declined by 37,000 jobs this year through April, contributing to decreased healthcare employment, according to an analysis released May 19 by nonprofit researchers Altarum.
Health insurer Humana is aiming to have its offices fully staffed again by Labor Day.
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Bright Beginnings Learning Center, the childcare center serving employees of Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay, Ore., temporarily closed after staff resignations this month, a hospital executive confirmed May 14.
Employees at Cleveland-based MetroHealth who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 will be required to undergo weekly coronavirus testing, the health system said.
COVID-19 vaccines significantly reduce the likelihood of hospital workers testing positive for a coronavirus infection, two studies published in the JAMA Network suggest.
Hospitals lost 5,800 jobs in April, marking the fourth month of job loss this year, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Google has adopted a hybrid workplace model that will allow 20 percent of employees to permanently work from home and another 20 percent to work in new office locations, The Wall Street Journal reported May 5.