Three nursing organizations have merged to form National Nurses United, billed as the largest nurses' union in the country, according to a release from National Nurses United.
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A study by AMN Healthcare of 285 hospital CEOs found that despite the recession, there are still too few physicians, nurses and allied healthcare professionals in the United States, according to an AMN Healthcare news release.
Reid Hospital in Richmond, Ind., is buying up more practices as an older generation of "entrepreneurial" physicians dies out, according to a report in the Palladium-Item.
Employment rose 0.14 percent in hospitals and 0.16 percent in physicians' offices in November but fell 0.60 percent in outpatient care centers, which include ASCs, according to a release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In a recent survey by the Ohio Hospital Association, Ohio hospitals itemized the kinds of cost-cutting measures they have been making as well as the cuts they plan to make, according to a report by the Ohio Hospital Association.
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Physician supply in 2008 varied from a high of 405 per 100,000 residents in Massachusetts to a low of 174 in Mississippi, according to a report by the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Hospitalists Management Group will launch a total of 14 new hospitalist medicine programs in 2009, expanding to 46 contracts in 17 states by first quarter 2010, according to an HMG news release.
A large majority of hospital CEOs believe that shortages exist in healthcare professionals needed to cope with the demand for medical services in their service areas, according to AMN Healthcare's 2009 Survey of Hospital Chief Executive Officers.
Here are 10 states with the least number of individuals employed in the healthcare sector in 2008, according to recently released data from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Here are 10 states with the highest number of individuals employed in the healthcare sector in 2008, according to recently released data from the Kaiser Family Foundation.