Workforce

Memorial Hermann Health System, a community-owned nonprofit based in Houston, is offering voluntary buyouts to some nonclinical employees as part of a broader effort to navigate financial and operational pressures. The Voluntary Severance Program is open to full-time and part-time…

Investing in employees is ingrained in the philosophy of Baton Rouge, La.-based FMOL Health, formerly Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System. The system has historically taken a conservative approach to compensation and benefits — but recently undertook a significant…

As the fastest-growing U.S. state, South Carolina’s population growth is prompting health systems to expand and strengthen their workforce to meet rising demand for care.  Driven by a net domestic migration increase of 66,622, the state’s population grew 1.5%, or…

For organizations seeking to improve employee well-being, offering time-based rewards — such as paid vacation — could play a powerful role. Receiving paid vacation time significantly increased workers’ feelings of humanness compared to receiving equivalent monetary bonuses, according to a…

Employees of Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health are asking the health system to provide administrative pay for hours they say were lost when outpatient services closed during a January winter storm, The Commonwealth Times reported Feb. 4. Winter storm Fern brought…

Fifty-nine percent of healthcare executives said physician specialists are the most difficult clinical job to fill, according to a Covista report. “Covista Care Capacity Monitor” polled 167 healthcare executives and 1,347 healthcare clinicians across disciplines and geographies between Nov. 4…

As hospitals and health systems prioritize workforce well-being, they are moving siloed efforts into enterprisewide strategies. Over the past two years at Kansas City, Mo.-based Children’s Mercy, this has involved unifying historically separate efforts under “CMWell,” an enterprise framework connecting…

Rural communities across the U.S. depend disproportionately on international-born physicians, according to a research letter published online Feb. 2 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Four notes: 1. The letter, “Characterization of the International-Born Health Care Workforce in Rural US Communities,” was…

Research College of Nursing — a private institution in Kansas City, Mo., that is affiliated with Research Medical Center and part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare — is launching a new accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing pathway. Approved by…

Safety and efficiency are no longer two competing ideals in today’s health care environment, but two sides of the same coin. Incidents of violence against healthcare workers continue to rise, with staffing and resource shortages adding to the strain of…