Nearly all healthcare sectors saw employment increases in May 2022, including hospitals and health systems, which added 16,300 new jobs, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Amid financial crises and management choices that do not include healthcare worker input, the Central Oregon Providers Network (COPN) has filed for union representation, according to a press release...
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...
Following the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for nursing home staff, the vaccination rate among facility workers increased across the country by 25 percentage points, according to an issue brief from the...
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...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and 25 other healthcare organizations have asked Congress to increase funding for the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) program 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.
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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...
Physician compensation increased in 2021, but gender and racial income gaps remained, with male and White physicians making more than women and physicians of color, according to Medscape’s 2022...
During the Delta variant wave in the third quarter of 2021, net patient revenue and total operating expenses for nonprofit hospitals were above pre-pandemic levels, while operating income dropped to...
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...
As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations decreased, hospitals and health systems experienced temporary expense relief in February 2022, but operating margins were still negative and gross operating...
Primary care physician turnover, triggered in part by clinician burnout, led to around $979 million in excess healthcare spending, according to a study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
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The Senate has approved a resolution that seeks to repeal the COVID-19 healthcare worker vaccine mandate. The House of Representatives has not made such a vote, meaning as of now the vaccine mandate...
As expenses continued to rise, hospitals experienced sudden declines in revenue, operating margins, and outpatient volumes during January 2022 amid the Omicron surge, according to Kaufman Hall’s...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has asked CMS to reconsider its methodology for distributing residency slots to teaching hospitals, which the agency finalized in the hospital inpatient...
