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Some employees at Penn Medicine Lancaster (Pa.) General Health are petitioning against a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, according to LancasterOnline. 

Employees who receive automated emails and letters with personalized feedback on their cafeteria purchases may choose healthier food, according to a new study published June 7 in JAMA Network Open. 

The U.S. saw a record high of 9.3 million job openings since the Bureau of Labor Statistics started tracking job openings in December 2000. There were 998,000 new jobs added in April as workforce shortages at hospitals and health systems…

Houston Methodist employees had a deadline of June 7 at midnight to get the COVID-19 vaccine as part of the health system's mandate. The count as of June 8: Nearly 100 percent compliance with 24,947 workers being fully vaccinated.

Phoenix-based Banner Health said it has more than 800 job openings in Arizona and about 300 job openings in Colorado.

Executives at Memorial Hospital-Belleville (Ill.), a BJC HealthCare hospital, realized they needed a new approach to attracting and retaining employees a few years ago and took action.

Thirty National Guard members will begin their training at Oregon State Hospital's main campus in Salem June 7 to help reduce workforce strain while staff members are on leave for reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a hospital…

Bend, Ore.-based St. Charles Health System, which put out a plea to the community May 28 as it faced a capacity crisis, said the capacity situation has improved, but staffing issues persist as the four-hospital organization struggles to fill more than…

Hospitals added 2,900 jobs in May, after four months of job losses this year, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Texas Children's in Houston said it is increasing employees' salaries by 2 percent and providing an additional week of paid time off to workers in gratitude for their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.