Ask chief nursing officers about their proudest achievement of the past two years and the answers converge less on a single program and more on culture: trust, ownership and a willingness to let frontline nurses shape how care is delivered.…
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The United States continues to warn of a worsening physician shortage. The American Academy of Medical Colleges projects a shortage of up to 86,000 physicians by 2036, and notes that current access gaps are already substantial, especially in primary care…
Many of the best cities for first-time home buyers are in Florida and Arizona, while the worst are in California, according to a July 14 ranking from personal finance website WalletHub. To determine the best housing markets for first-time buyers,…
Oregon Health & Science University’s Building Bridges to Healthcare Careers program has certified 110 Portland-area residents as dental assistants, medical assistants, phlebotomists or certified nursing assistants, surpassing its original target of 88 participants. The three-year, $3 million initiative was funded…
Tony Barzar has spent nearly four decades as a cashier at Costco, long enough to retire a millionaire without ever becoming a supervisor. His story is not an outlier. Turnover after one year of employment at Costco sits around 7%,…
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Reno-based Oncology Nevada has added two radiation oncologists, Brandon Dyer, MD, and Erik Stickney, MD, to its physician team. The additions expand the cancer center’s capacity to serve patients across Northern Nevada, according to a July 13 news release from…
Athens-based Ohio University received $10 million through the state’s Rural Health Transformation Program to help expand the rural healthcare workforce and improve access to care across the state. Four things to know: 1. The university will serve as a lead…
Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University plans to establish a four-year regional campus of Sidney Kimmel Medical College in Allentown, Pa. It comes weeks after the university was selected to establish Delaware’s first four-year medical school. Five things to know: 1. The…
Mental health leave is on the rise, Bloomberg reported July 8. Workforce mental health is especially relevant in healthcare, which faces rates of workplace violence far above the national average across industries. Healthcare and social assistance has an incidence rate…
With no float pools nor backup systems nearby, many rural hospitals have built cross-training programs out of necessity. The lessons they learned about confidence, sequencing and culture are increasingly relevant for health systems of every size. As workforce vacancies and…