Violence against healthcare workers takes place at organizations across the U.S. In California, some sites use panic buttons, metal detectors, security dogs and other measures to reduce such incidents, a California Hospital Association representative told California Healthline.
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Healthcare added 45,200 jobs to the U.S. economy in November, with hospitals contributing 9,900 positions to that total, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Healthcare occupations are among those with the fastest projected job growth between 2018 and 2028, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
New York City-based NYU Langone Health is hiring more than 200 new representatives to work at its new patient access contact center in Boynton Beach, Fla., according to TV station CBS12.
A hiring event is scheduled next week in Phoenix for workers who lost their jobs when Dallas-based Steward Health Care closed St. Luke's Medical Center, according to NPR radio station KJZZ.
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The House passed a bill to improve violence prevention for healthcare and social service workers, who are disproportionately at risk of violence and assault on the job.
Flexibility and work-life balance have the biggest influence on a nurse's decision to remain on the job, according to a 2019 AMN Healthcare survey.
Many U.S. nurses are holding down multiple jobs, according to a new survey from AMN Healthcare.
Executive outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas estimates that the distraction of the impeachment hearings will cost businesses about $2.1 billion an hour, Fast Company reports.
Health IT startups that monitor patients with chronic conditions and provide coaching for disease management are hiring health coaches away from hospital and clinic settings, STAT reports.