A noose was found on an employee's desk June 20 at Michigan Medicine's University Hospital in Ann Arbor, according to CNN.
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Five hospitals and health systems have been designated frontline healthcare worker champions for investing in the skill and career development of their employees, according to CareerSTAT, an employer-led initiative of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions in Washington, D.C.
As many employers still struggle to crack the code on managing their millennial employees, another generation has started aging into the workforce, one that will require even more hands-on treatment and near-constant feedback than their older siblings.
Federal legislation to protect healthcare and social service employees from workplace violence is advancing after being voted out of the House Committee on Education and Labor, the panel announced June 11.
Advocate Aurora Health, which has dual headquarters in Milwaukee and Downers Grove, Ill., launched a voluntary early retirement program for certain employees in management positions.
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An analysis of Missouri's hospital workforce found that employee turnover among 135 hospitals in the state is at an all-time high of 19.5 percent.
A shortage of trained pediatric home healthcare providers for children and youth with medical complexity creates challenges in meeting patients' medical needs and for families, according to an analytic policy piece published in Health Affairs.
Because men and women tend to participate in various occupations and sectors at different rates, automation will affect their future job markets differently, according to a report from McKinsey Global Institute.
Hospital job growth has continued to expand this year. The most jobs were added in January; the least in May, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Healthcare added 15,700 jobs in May, with hospitals contributing 3,000 positions to that total, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.