A higher registered nurse staffing level was associated with a lower mortality rate among Medicare beneficiaries admitted to an acute care hospital with sepsis, a study published in JAMA Health Forum...
Healthcare stakeholders and policymakers must take action to address healthcare worker burnout or risk exacerbating the projected workforce shortage, a report from the United States Surgeon General...
Healthcare finance leaders are experiencing revenue cycle workforce shortages, with one in four reporting that they need to hire more than 20 employees to fully staff their department, according to a...
Newly certified internists commonly choose to practice medicine in hospitals rather than outpatient settings, suggesting that the outpatient primary care physician shortage will escalate, according to...
Contract labor utilization and cost increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic and were contributing factors to rising hospital labor expenses, according to a report from Kaufman Hall.
The...
While nursing salaries have increased, the share of nurses considering leaving the profession is also up as pandemic-related stressors continue to impact the workplace and exacerbate the nurse...
The healthcare industry added 34,000 jobs in April 2022, with ambulatory care, nursing and residential care facility, and hospital employment all seeing growth, according to a report from the Bureau of...
The COVID-19 pandemic intensified healthcare workforce challenges, leading to significant staffing shortages, increased healthcare worker burnout, and other hurdles that will likely persist after the...
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant financial stress for rural hospitals, with 441 facilities facing financial risk factors putting them at risk of closure, according to a report from the...
Hospitals and health systems have faced massive financial losses throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to experience staffing shortages, rising expenses, and supply chain issues, a new report...
Better financial opportunities and pandemic-related stress were driving factors behind workforce shortages at community health centers, with nursing shortages a top concern, a report from the National...
While most healthcare turnover rates appear to be back on track to return to pre-pandemic levels, certain personnel, including long-term care workers and health aides and assistants, saw high turnover...
The healthcare industry added 8,300 jobs in March 2022, with hospital and health system employment growing by 5,100, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Last month was the...
Frontline healthcare workers are not the only ones facing staffing shortages. Registrars, billing specialists, and patient follow-up staff were the most in-demand revenue cycle management positions for...
Over a third of nurses plan to quit their current position by the end of 2022, citing burnout, stressful environments, and compensation as reasons for wanting to leave, according to a report from...
Hospitals and health systems are grappling with pharmacy technician staffing shortages due to staff frustrations with heavy workloads and poor compensation, according to two surveys conducted by the...
Daily variation in nursing home staffing was associated with poorer clinical quality in Medicare and Medicaid-certified nursing homes, suggesting that reporting staffing variation could help provide...
Healthcare facilities across the country have been facing high levels of workforce shortages in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Health systems and hospitals are particularly concerned about nurse...
The Great Resignation and other employment challenges are hitting revenue cycle management, a new survey of hospital and health system leaders indicates.
The survey commissioned by healthcare...
Montana state leaders are calling on the Biden Administration to issue exemptions to a nationwide vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. Implementing the vaccine mandate in Montana could worsen access...
