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Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health said it laid off 239 employees within its IT services company in an effort to better position the company for success, according to Penn Live.

A U.S. senator, on behalf of hospitals, is urging CMS and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to collaborate to find a regulatory framework that addresses violence at healthcare facilities, a hospital association spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s.

Bay Medical Sacred Heart in Panama City, Fla., wants to hire 300 employees this year as it rebuilds after Hurricane Michael, according to The News Herald.

UnitedHealth Group, Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health and other healthcare companies are part of FlexJobs’ list of 50 companies hiring  the most part-time workers  in 2019.

The following organizations have shared hiring plans since Feb. 21:

Healthcare added 49,100 jobs in March, with hospitals contributing 13,600 to that total, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

About 16 percent of all nurses and 41 percent of unengaged nurses reported feelings of burnout, according to a report from PRC, a healthcare market research and consulting company.

St. Vincent Indianapolis, part of St. Louis-based Ascension, seeks to hire about 500 nurses, according to local television station RTV6.

An Ohio lawmaker has introduced legislation that would prohibit mandatory overtime for nurses, according to a Dayton Daily News report.

Illinois lawmakers have proposed legislation that would set a maximum number of patients that may be assigned to registered nurses in hospitals, according to dual ABC/MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station WQAD.