Workforce
More than 99 jobs out of every 1,000 in the Durham-Chapel Hill area are in healthcare.
Public health system says layoffs meant to eliminate "redundancies."
Survey shows physicians are held to similar or higher standards as significant others when it comes to starting, maintaining a relationship.
Mayo Clinic, Moffitt Cancer Center save money on office space while seeing greater job retention among staff.
Meanwhile, the Altarum Institute's preliminary estimates show that national health spending in 2016 grew by 5.4 percent.
Group sent letter to the bill's sponsors, including Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin from Illinois and South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham.
American Hospital Association estimates that each hospital job supports about two additional jobs, and every dollar spent by a hospital supports roughly $2.30 of additional business activity.
The jobs increase is less than half of the 41,000 jobs added by healthcare organizations in December 2016.
Organization said that many communities, particularly in rural or low-income areas, rely on international medical graduates to fill job openings.
Between 2008 and 2013, the share of hospitals with physicians on salary rose from 44 to 55 percent among all facilities.