Kaiser Permanente had placed just over 2,200 employees on unpaid leave as of Oct. 4 for failing to comply with the system's COVID-19 vaccination requirements.
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Amid staffing shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals and health systems have rolled out various initiatives related to attracting and retaining healthcare workers.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia said the hospital is mourning a colleague who died Oct. 4 during a shooting at the facility.
While hospitals around Washington are reporting high staff vaccination rates, healthcare leaders are still concerned about understaffed facilities being overwhelmed as flu season kicks off, according to an Oct. 4 Seattle Times report.
A total of 1,400 employees of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health either resigned or were terminated for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker's Oct. 4.
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As COVID-19 vaccination mandates continue to take effect across the U.S., preliminary results are in for requirements in Rhode Island, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
Since February 2020, nearly 1 in 5 healthcare workers, or 18 percent, have quit their jobs, according to new poll results from Morning Consult, a global privately held data intelligence company.
Amid intensified staffing strain fueled by the latest COVID-19 wave, Ellis Medicine is making on-the-spot job offers and offering sign-on bonuses of up to $20,000 for nurses, up to $25,000 for medical technologists and up to $15,000 for respiratory therapists, the…
While some healthcare workers remained unvaccinated as California's COVID-19 vaccination mandate took effect Sept. 30, health systems reported that many have complied, according to The New York Times.
Most Americans say they require remote work to become part of their permanent working conditions to continue working with their current employer, according to an Aug. 24 GoodHire study.