Workforce

Most Laconia, N.H.-based LRGHealthcare employees have joined or received job offers to join Concord (N.H.) Hospital ahead of the proposed sale of two LRGHealthcare hospitals to Concord Hospital, according to a joint news release. 

A Facebook account claiming to be a recruitment channel for Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine and its facilities spread fake job listings, AFP Fact Check, a global fact-checking organization, reported April 12. 

The number of certified physician assistants grew 6.52 percent between 2018 and 2019, with Rhode Island, Mississippi and New Jersey seeing the largest increases among states, according to a report released April 7 by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.

More than 3,600 U.S. healthcare workers died of COVID-19 and its complications nationwide in the first year of the pandemic, according to an investigation by Kaiser Health News and The Guardian.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been stressful for front-line healthcare workers, particularly younger ones, a Kaiser Family Foundation/The Washington Post national poll found.

Female employees with children and those in clinical roles were more likely to consider leaving the workforce or cutting their hours during the pandemic, according to a study published April 2 in JAMA Network Open.

Healthcare added 11,500 jobs in March, although hospitals lost jobs for the third month since September, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Houston Methodist will make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for employees, with the first phase including managers and new hires, the health system said March 31. 

The World Health Organization is warning about the rising risk of mental health challenges healthcare workers face amid a global surge of COVID-19, The Washington Post reported March 31.

Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health is launching a medical assistant school and specialized educational programs to expand career opportunities for healthcare workers, the health system said March 29.