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Health organizations will undergo a strategy makeover in 2011 as they react to new rules and payment models, continuing cost pressures and new customer demands, according to the "Top Health Industry Issues of 2011," published today by PwC's Health Research Institute.

While many physicians are abandoning their independence in favor of alliances with hospitals or large healthcare providers, one Midwest health system is launching a new organization designed to preserve doctors' autonomy while helping them adapt to the new healthcare landscape.

The U.S. healthcare sector continued to add workers in November, with employment increasing by approximately 19,200 jobs.

Online advertised vacancies for healthcare practitioners and technical occupations increased in November, while demand for healthcare support personnel remained steady.

Healthcare in the United States is becoming increasingly unaffordable, and one of the contributing factors may be the high salaries earned by healthcare employees.

Hospitals have been hiring physicians at an unprecedented rate this year, leaving administrators to figure out how to align clinical strategies, quality initiatives and compensation to best keep costs down and still provide quality care.

Bitter battles may have harmed labor’s image, but strength remains

Members of the Service Employees International Union's United Healthcare Workers-West (SEIU-UHW) will go on strike Friday at five Hospital Corporation of America hospitals in California in an effort to target what they call unfair labor practices by the national company.

Three top New York hospitals are seeking advice from aviation safety experts in an effort to reduce medical errors.

Online advertised vacancies for healthcare practitioners, technical occupations and support personnel increased significantly in October.