Richard Pizzi

The U.S. healthcare sector continued its expansion in early 2011, with employment increasing in January by approximately 10,600 jobs.

U.S. HealthWorks, a national operator of occupational healthcare centers, has acquired two medical centers in south Florida.

Online advertised vacancies for healthcare practitioners, technical staff and support personnel increased significantly in January, according to a report released this week.

A survey of allied health programs at California community colleges casts doubts on the state's ability to produce the healthcare workers it will need in coming years.

Amerinet, a St. Louis-based national group purchasing organization, has begun offering member facilities a program designed to help reduce energy consumption.

Overall U.S. healthcare prices increased slightly from November to December, rising 0.3 percent, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

PeaceHealth, a six-hospital health system based in Bellevue, Wash., has begun implementation of a managed services deal that will increase the number of outsourced clinical staff and workforce management processes.

The U.S. healthcare sector continued to expand in December, with employment increasing by approximately 35,700 jobs.

Market demand in the San Antonio metropolitan area in Texas has prompted Post Acute Medical, a Camp Hill, Pa.-based operator of long-term acute care facilities, to build two new rehabilitation hospitals in the region.

After a relatively good year compared to other sectors, the strength of the national healthcare labor market remained flat across a number of major metropolitan areas in the fourth quarter.