A record number of nurses and healthcare workers have lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic as hospitals halted revenue-generating elective surgeries and routine procedures, according to Newsweek.
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Healthcare added 312,400 jobs in May, primarily in ambulatory healthcare services, while job losses at hospitals continued, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A total of 1.9 million Americans filed initial unemployment claims in the week ended May 30, according to seasonally adjusted data released June 4 by the U.S. Labor Department.
Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Health will outsource certified registered nurse anesthetists at the health system's Dearborn, Taylor, Trenton and Wayne campuses to NorthStar Anesthesia, an Irving, Texas-based anesthesiology group.
St. Joseph's Health and Crouse Health, both based in Syracuse, N.Y., are starting to bring furloughed workers back as they resume certain nonemergency procedures, according to Syracuse.com.
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A total of 2.12 million Americans filed initial unemployment claims in the week ended May 23, according to seasonally adjusted data released May 28 by the U.S. Labor Department.
The biggest challenges to overcome for safely bringing employees back to the office will be making them feel safe and helping them balance the transition from working remotely, according to Boston-based Mass General Brigham CFO and treasurer Peter Markell.
There are 62,344 cases of COVID-19 among healthcare personnel in the U.S., and 291 have died, new data from the CDC shows.
Many U.S. hospitals and health systems have furloughed staff to help offset revenue losses from the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, some organizations are starting to bring furloughed workers back as they resume nonemergency procedures.
***As hospitals and health system front-line workers deal head-on with the COVID-19 pandemic, administrators are forced to consider staffing levels from a new perspective. Hospital leaders were already under pressure to contain labor costs while optimizing staffing for provider and…