Medical schools and teaching hospitals should require their employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the Association of American Medical Colleges urged July 16.
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Healthcare organizations have until Aug. 30 to apply for American Rescue Plan funding intended to reduce burnout and promote mental health among healthcare workers, HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration said July 16.
Some employees at Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System and Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health are pushing back against COVID-19 vaccination mandates.
Lansing, Mich.-based Sparrow Health System has more than 900 open positions throughout its organization, including five community hospitals.
Three payers — Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliates and Kaiser Permanente — were named some of the best places to work in IT, according to a July 12 report from InsiderPro and Computer World.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. hospitals and health systems have focused on protocols to keep workers safe. Now, new federal COVID-19 workplace safety rules have set a protection standard industrywide.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital said July 14 that the Memphis, Tenn.-based hospital and its foundation partner, ALSAC, are requiring that St. Jude and Memphis-area ALSAC employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Sept. 9.
St. Luke's Health System in Boise, Idaho, will require its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
This week, a national coalition of epidemiology, infection prevention, infectious diseases, pharmacy, and legal experts from medical societies representing more than 30,000 healthcare professionals concluded that hospitals, health systems and places where healthcare is delivered should make COVID-19 vaccination a…
Intermountain Healthcare's move to close 25 of its retail pharmacies and transfer prescriptions and inventory to CVS pharmacies will affect 250 employees, according to KSL TV.