UPMC, a 40-hospital academic medical system based in Pittsburgh, has brought in more nursing help, added beds and continues to expand telemedicine use as COVID-19 cases rise in Pennsylvania and other areas of the country, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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Amid COVID-19 surges across the U.S., New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signaled his support for requiring hospitals to report outbreaks among their workers, NorthJersey.com reported.
The number of Henry Ford Health System employees who are away from work because of issues related to COVID-19 is increasing, prompting continued concern about transmission in the community, Adnan Munkarah, MD, executive vice president and chief clinical officer, said…
As COVID-19 spread across the U.S. early this year, hospitals and health systems adjusted their workforce. Many administrative workers who could work from home were instructed to do so, and they have remained remote.
Health systems eye staggered schedule and end-of-week COVID-19 shots to mitigate workforce shortages
With COVID-19 vaccines closer to reality, health systems are planning how they will approach inoculating their employees, while considering vaccines' potential side effects that could sideline workers and create staffing shortages. To help reduce the risk of shortages, health systems…
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Healthcare added 46,000 jobs in November, with hospitals seeing job growth for the fifth month since March, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
As COVID-19 cases spike across the U.S., staffing has become an even greater concern at hospitals, particularly as workers are sidelined for virus-related reasons. Therefore, many of these organizations are relying more heavily on outside staffing, including travel nurses, to…
As of Dec. 3, about 1,100 workers across the Cleveland Clinic health system are away from work due to COVID-19, a spokesperson told Becker's.
As of Dec. 1, more than 1,200 Mayo Clinic staff in the Midwest have work restrictions related to COVID-19 exposure or are unable to work because they have contracted the virus, the health system told Becker's.
Hackensack Meridian Health's Ocean Medical Center in Brick, N.J., is battling a COVID-19 outbreak that has sidelined more than 100 employees, according to NJ Advance Media.