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.
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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.
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The healthcare labor market is expected to face shortages over the next five to 10 years as the U.S. continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Mercer’s "2021 External Healthcare Labor Market Analysis."
New York hospitals are seeing the effects on the workforce of the state's COVID-19 vaccine mandate as unvaccinated employees leave their jobs permanently or temporarily.
Cox Medical Center Branson (Mo.) will equip staff members with personal panic buttons to protect against violent patients, according to NBC News.
As the deadline approached Sept. 27 for New York state's healthcare COVID-19 vaccination mandate, thousands of workers got inoculated, boosting the state's vaccination rate and avoiding a worst-case staffing crisis, according to The New York Times.
Northwell Health said about two dozen leaders at the management level, or above, were not allowed to continue their roles at the New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based system because they chose not to get the COVID-19 vaccine.