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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.

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.

Hospitals should require their employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and six other medical coalitions urged in a consensus statement released July 13.  

The University of Chicago Medicine will require its workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a July 13 memo to students, faculty and staff.

Talent shortages have affected the mission of hospitals and health systems nationwide. From monthslong strikes to hefty sign-on bonuses, here are 10 numbers showing how workforce shortages affect hospitals:

Missouri hospitals battling a rise in COVID-19 cases are bringing in support to boost staffing, news station KY3 reported.