In the U.S., only 3,927 emergency physicians (8 percent) practice in rural areas, a new analysis reveals.
Workforce
Whether it is retraining physicians to care for respiratory patients or protecting staff wellbeing, unparalleled workforce challenges have confronted hospital leaders amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aetna is planning on having most of its employees work from home through at least the start of 2021, according to the Hartford Courant.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois formally opened its new office on Chicago's South Side Aug. 10.
Most states are at risk for healthcare worker shortages amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including a number of states predicted to face shortages in intensive care unit physicians, according to the Aug. 7 update of the Mullan Institute State Hospital Workforce Deficit…
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Kaiser Family Foundation's Kaiser Health News, in a project with The Guardian, has identified 922 U.S. healthcare workers who have likely died of COVID-19 and its complications during the pandemic, according to a new interactive database from the news organizations.
Cleveland hospitals and colleges are teaming up to build a strong healthcare workforce, reports Spectrum News 1.
As of the end of July, 45 states and the District of Columbia reported a total of 41,122 contact tracers, according to NPR's latest survey, done in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.
Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health System confirmed it has brought back most staff it furloughed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Healthcare added 125,500 jobs in July, with hospitals seeing job growth for the second month since March, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.