Workforce

Hospital workers often face violence from patients, particularly in psychiatric units and emergency departments, and it is critical for these workers to consider the options they have when responding to this violence, a physician wrote in The Washington Post.

The most common injuries for healthcare workers older than 50 are related to the back and shoulders, according to a report from Aon, a London-based global professional services firm.

Here are four healthcare organizations that have or plan to raise their minimum wage:

Camden, N.J.-based Cooper University Health Care said the system will increase the minimum wage for full-time, part-time, and per-diem employees to $15 an hour, effective Jan. 1.

Internal medicine is the specialty that had the most first-year Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education residents and fellows in 2017, according to a new data report from the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Internal medicine is the specialty with the most active U.S. physicians, according to a new data report from the Association of American Medical Colleges.

A new data report from the Association of American Medical Colleges sheds light on the active U.S. physician workforce.

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center said it has raised its minimum hourly wage from $11 to $12.50.

Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth seeks to fill about 240 positions to staff Highlands Ranch (Colo.) Hospital, scheduled to open in the spring, the nonprofit health system announced.

After an internal investigation, Regional One Health in Memphis, Tenn., has fired a Mississippi voter who wore an offensive T-shirt to the polls, The Commercial Appeal reported.