The healthcare and social assistance sector is projected to gain the most jobs and have rapid job growth from 2010 to 2020, according to a news release by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Chicago-based Cook County Health & Hospitals System is planning to hire up to 85 nurses and front-line workers to improve patient satisfaction to prepare for future changes to patients' insurance, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
More than 21,000 mental health workers and nurses at Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and nurses from other unions are striking today, marking the second time in four months Kaiser nurses have protested takeaways in the proposed contract, according to a…
A new hospital planned by Gainesville, Ga.-based Northeast Georgia Health System is expected to create 500 jobs, according to a Dacula Patch report.
A survey of nurses by the University of Maryland's School of Nursing found 55 percent of nurses surveyed were obese, according to an ABC News report.
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Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health has laid off eight people in its marketing and web services department, according to a Citizen-Times report.
Animas Surgical Hospital in Durango, Colo., is sponsoring the Animas Surgical Hospital Durango Double, an event featuring a marathon and other races, Oct. 6-7, 2012, according to a Durango Herald report.
Louisiana State University Health, based in Baton Rouge, La., sent notice of impending layoffs to employees of seven LSU public hospitals, resulting from the recent $29 million fiscal budget cut by Gov. Bobby Jindal, according to a report by The…
The cardiology workforce experienced modest growth compared with primary care physician and total physician workforces from 1995 to 2007, but overall it was poorly distributed across the country, according to a study in Health Affairs.
The market for recruiting physicians to hospitals has become competitive due to the shortage of physicians and the push to align with physicians for accountable care organizations, patient-centered medical homes and other collaborative models. Hospital leaders may have to be…