Workforce

Becker’s Hospital Review has named 65 great community hospitals, presented in alphabetical order. Note: These hospitals include fewer than 550 patient beds and have minimal teaching programs. Hospitals appearing on America’s 50 Best Hospitals are not featured on this list.  …

Here are 10 states with the greatest number of active physicians per 10,000 civilians in 2008, according to data recently published by the Kaiser Family Foundation. "Active physician" is defined as one currently engaged in patient care or other professional…

Here are 10 states with the highest projected number of physician assistants in clinical practice in 2010, according to data recently published by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists' Committee on Professional Diversity has announced its annual call for proposals for its mentoring program, according to an ASA release.

Anesthesiology increased its number of U.S. residency positions this year, adding 44 more positions and matching 45 more U.S. seniors who filled 671 positions of the 841 offered.

The number of seniors at U.S. medical students entering primary care rose again in this year's residency match, according to a release by the National Resident Matching Program.

From 2009-2010, the number of hospitals and practices using locum tenens physicians rose from 72 to 85 percent, according to at Staff Care, a locum tenens company. Hospitals now account for nearly 60 percent of such arrangements. Here, Eileen Glover,…

Editor's note: The view expressed in the following article are those of its author and not necessarily those of Becker's Hospital Review.The labor movement in America is barely alive, and it‘s looking for life-saving measures from Congress, the National Labor…

Hospitals and medical groups are using more temporary "locum tenens" physicians, especially psychiatrists and primary care physicians, according to a release by Staff Care, a locum tenens agency.

Some of Boston’s top hospitals, including Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s, are attracting national attention for their workforce development and mid-level employee training programs, according to a Boston Globe report. An unexpected shortage in medical workers left many hospitals…