Workforce

Hospital employment has fluctuated throughout 2021, including job losses in September after two previous months of job gains.

Nearly all health systems conduct regular workforce planning assessments, which are traditionally used to determine physician needs in the community and justify recruitment or private practice assistance in support of several regulatory requirements.

In about six months, about 2,500 hospitals, or 40 percent of them in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, have said they are requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for their employees.

Hospitals lost jobs in September, after gaining them the previous two months, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

After notifying some employees of new COVID-19 vaccination requirements, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee fired its first employees who did not get the shot. 

Massachusetts hospitals with COVID-19 vaccination requirements are preparing to lose hundreds of workers who fail to comply, according to The Boston Globe.

New research from the Pew Research Center shows that women in partnerships earn more than their single counterparts and are also more educated on average, Bloomberg reported Oct. 5.

Cleveland-based University Hospitals will transition some of its non-patient care nursing staff to bedside positions indefinitely amid "urgent" staffing shortages, according to an Oct. 5 FOX8 report.

New York is expanding the state's healthcare worker COVID-19 vaccination mandate to include employees who work in facilities treating mental health patients and people with developmental disabilities.

About 400 employees unvaccinated against COVID-19 have quit their jobs at Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System, the Detroit Free Press, Bridge Michigan and Michigan Radio reported Oct. 5.