Workforce

Shriners Hospitals for Children in Spokane, Wash., is cutting its workforce by about 10 percent as it transitions to an outpatient-focused micro-hospital, according to The Spokesman Review.

A workplace violence prevention toolkit designed to improve employee safety will be implemented in Oregon hospitals.

Rockford, Ill.-based Mercyhealth will host a job fair Aug. 14 to  fill positions at its new Riverside hospital and Mercyhealth Hospital–Rockton Avenue, both in Rockford.

A proposed ballot initiative to mandate nurse staffing ratios in Massachusetts hospitals would lead to a reduction of 1,000 behavioral health beds, increase emergency room boarding for mental health patients and decrease access to recovery services statewide, according to a…

Hospitals and health systems are using various recruitment methods amid a national nursing shortage, including text messaging and large financial incentives.

Here are 20 hospitals and health systems that have posted job listings seeking nurses in the last week.

Providers are offering fewer insurance options and spending more per employee on healthcare benefits, according to a 2018 survey from Aon.

Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke's University Health Network said it is working  to ensure workers affected by its food vendor change can keep their jobs.

Salary, leadership and benefits differences exist between hospital-employed physician assistants and those who work at physician practices, according to the American Academy of Physician Assistant 2018 salary report.

Healthcare added 16,700 jobs in July, with hospitals contributing 6,800 to that total, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.