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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…

Beaumont Hospitals system in Michigan has cut approximately 60 managerial and administrative positions since the fall, and will also eliminate an unspecified number of staff employees, according to a Detroit News report. In the fall, the three-hospital system announced plans…

A California judge has issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting a planned strike by nurses at University of California hospitals, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.

The number of vacancies for healthcare practitioners, technical occupations and support personnel advertised online fell in May, according to a release from the Conference Board.

New graduates of nursing programs in Massachusetts are having difficulty finding jobs due to the recession, according to a report by the Boston Globe.

Nurses at five University of California hospitals plan to strike this Thursday, joining 12,000 Minnesota nurses from the same union in what would be the largest nursing strike in history, according to a report by the San Francisco Gate.

The Minnesota Nurses Association and 14 Minneapolis/St. Paul-area hospitals were unable to reach an agreement on contract negotiations last week, and talks between the groups have ceased, causing the nurses to move forward with plans for a one-day strike this…

The healthcare sector added 8,000 jobs in May for total seasonally adjusted employment of 13.73 million, but some areas saw slight declines during the month, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Minnesota Board of Nursing has been "flooded" with license applications from out-of-state nurses as 14 hospitals in the Twin Cities prepare for a nurses strike scheduled for June 10, according to a report in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune.