From counseling to meal deliveries, St. Louis-based Ascension is finding ways to thank its employees for their work throughout the pandemic and help them take care of themselves.
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Babylon Health, a $2 billion digital technology and telehealth startup, furloughed 5 percent of its staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Business Insider report.
New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals' new practice requiring documentation for sick leave starting on the first day of leave has sparked opposition from nurses, according to NY1.
Amazon is looking at ways to do regular COVID-19 testing of its workers, including those who are asymptomatic, CEO Jeff Bezos recently told shareholders.
Nearly 900 employees at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston who have been temporarily laid off will see their monthly health insurance premiums covered by two donors, according to local news station Count On News 2.
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Many states have lifted restrictions on nurse practitioners to boost the healthcare workforce pool during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Kaiser Health News.
Virginia Mason Memorial hospital in Yakima, Wash., is reducing hours for many of its full-time employees, effective April 19, TV station KIMA reported.
Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health said more than 900 clinical staff have stepped up to care for COVID-19 patients at its facilities.
Providence Saint John's Health Center is providing N95 masks to all its workers providing care for patients with suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 after the suspension of 10 nurses sparked a protest last weekend, a union representing 150,000 nurses…
Hospitals and health systems are preparing for COVID-19 workforce challenges that vary based on organization size, location and number of cases handled. To overcome these challenges, organizations should focus on whether they're before a surge of patients, during a surge…