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.
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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.
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.
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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.
Retaining and attracting top talent is vital for employers. One common strategy deployed by many employers is offering greater flexibility to work from home or offering fully remote positions.
The following hospitals and health systems have shared plans to hire many employees since April 10:
Illinois nurses vowed to continue their fight for mandated nurse-patient ratios, despite a bill for such a measure stalling in the state legislature this spring, according to the Chicago Tribune.