Workforce

Area facilities are offering job options to employees affected by the impending closure of two hospitals in Ohio and West Virginia, according to The Intelligencer.

Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Health has increased hiring as it adapts to healthcare industry challenges, system officials confirmed to Becker's Hospital Review.

Healthcare job growth continued in July, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A program aimed at preventing suicide among healthcare workers has seen great success since its 2009 implementation at the UC San Diego School of Medicine in California, according to The Los Angeles Times.

Tacoma (Wash.) General Hospital is employing a trained German shepherd as part of a pilot program to combat workplace violence from visitors or patients, according to CBS affiliate KIRO-TV.

As the planned closure of Philadelphia-based Hahnemann University Hospital moves forward, support staff from the 496-bed academic medical center have reported struggles in finding new jobs, according to TV station WHYY.

Most healthcare and pharmaceutical workers are satisfied overall with their jobs, according to a new survey.

Hundreds of healthcare jobs are available in Montgomery County in Pennsylvania, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Over 100 nurses held a rally and then filled city council chambers as five of them spoke to council members July 9 in Duluth, Minn., according to The Duluth News Tribune.

About 60 unionized workers are going on a one-day strike July 10 to protest long wait times for mental health patients at Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco, according to The San Francisco Chronicle.