The insurance industry is losing jobs at more than four times last year’s pace, according to new data this month from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The sector, which includes life, health and property insurers, shed an average of about…
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Aspen (Colo.) Valley Health has long offered leadership training, but the organization saw an opportunity to develop leaders in a more structured way. The community-owned, independent health system is now building a leadership development program around six competencies, with plans…
The 20 hospitals on U.S. News and World Report’s 2026-27 Best Hospitals Honor Roll collectively employ hundreds of thousands of workers across some of the most competitive healthcare labor markets in the country. The HR and administrative leaders overseeing those…
The U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, but healthcare kept adding positions, according to the Aug. 7 jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Here are four things to know from the July jobs report: 1. Healthcare…
New rules establishing minimum emergency nurse-to-patient staffing ratios at freestanding acute psychiatric hospitals in California took effect June 1. Going forward, there must be one nurse for every five patients younger than 18 and one nurse for every six adult patients, regardless…
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Some “helicopter parents” are now “co-piloting” their children’s careers, joining them for interviews and calling hiring managers on their behalf, The Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 2. It is not unheard of in healthcare, human resources leaders at hospitals and…
More than 100 health systems, pharmaceutical companies and other healthcare organizations landed on Forbes‘ 2026 list of America’s Best Employers for Women. The ninth annual ranking, published Aug. 4 and produced by Forbes in partnership with market research firm Statista,…
Several of the colleges on LinkedIn News’ annual list of the 50 best schools for long-term career success are affiliated with academic health systems. The LinkedIn Top Colleges 2026 list, published Aug. 4, includes the U.S. colleges that best set…
U.S. healthcare faces a productivity crisis that more hiring and more technology alone cannot solve, and clinical-care organizations must redesign their operating models around human-AI workflows to achieve meaningful gains, McKinsey argues in a July 2 perspective. Labor productivity in…
Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System has brought back roughly 400 former colleagues over the past year — a figure now representing more than 10% of annual new hires. Thomas Ahr, senior vice president and chief human resources officer of…