Workforce

The novel coronavirus outbreak presents a potential human resources issue for companies around the country, according to CNBC.

Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center in Hillsboro, Ore., has quarantined dozens of hospital staff due to possible contact with the new coronavirus disease from China, COVID-19, The Oregonian reports. 

About two years ago, health plan leaders at Renton, Wash.-based Providence came to Todd Czartoski, MD, the system's chief executive of telehealth and chief medical technology officer, with a question: Can you build a solution to better tackle caregiver burnout?

Hospitals are facing higher turnover rates than ever before, forcing managers to scramble to improve retention and employee morale as the demand for talent rises.

As global cases of coronavirus continue to climb, corporate benefit and health experts are telling employers to provide essential information to workers, but not to spread alarm about the virus that causes COVID-19, reports Kaiser Health News.

Nearly a thousand union service and technical employees at Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Health will receive raises under a new contract, according to the union that represents them. 

Parkland Hospital in Dallas plans to hire community health workers to reduce health disparities in the poorest areas of the city, reports Dallas Observer.

A nationwide shortage of physicians and other healthcare professionals has made the use of temporary staffers common at healthcare facilities, a new study from Staff Care found.

The following hospitals and health systems have shared hiring plans since Jan. 24: 

Though practically every industry has adapted to the increasingly tech-driven society by hiring more IT workers than ever before — most millennials or members of Generation Z — few have adapted their organizations to best serve those new employees.