Workforce

The federal government released a toolkit April 22 with resources to help healthcare decision-makers address COVID-19 workforce challenges.

Medical City Healthcare workers are now able to buy essential grocery items at seven of the Dallas-based health system's hospitals. 

Thousands of employees at Massachusetts hospitals are taking on new roles to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to The Boston Globe.

From counseling to meal deliveries, St. Louis-based Ascension is finding ways to thank its employees for their work throughout the pandemic and help them take care of themselves.

Babylon Health, a $2 billion digital technology and telehealth startup, furloughed 5 percent of its staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Business Insider report.

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals' new practice requiring documentation for sick leave starting on the first day of leave has sparked opposition from nurses, according to NY1.

Amazon is looking at ways to do regular COVID-19 testing of its workers, including those who are asymptomatic, CEO Jeff Bezos recently told shareholders.

Nearly 900 employees at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston who have been temporarily laid off will see their monthly health insurance premiums covered by two donors, according to local news station Count On News 2.

Many states have lifted restrictions on nurse practitioners to boost the healthcare workforce pool during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Kaiser Health News. 

Virginia Mason Memorial hospital in Yakima, Wash., is reducing hours for many of its full-time employees, effective April 19, TV station KIMA reported.