Workforce

Methodist of Southern California automates HR and payroll

According to a 2009 report by the American Medical Association, one in six doctors works for a hospital, and the number is quickly growing.

Healthcare organizations are using locum tenens physicians when they need to maintain services/revenue while permanent candidates are sought, according to a recent National Association of Community Health Centers Web seminar.

A national study of physician wages conducted by the UC Davis Health System has found that specialists are paid as much as 52 percent more than primary care doctors, even though primary care doctors see far more patients.

A recent survey of approximately 2,000 nurse leaders indicates they're being paid less these days than they were three years ago - and they're not happy about it.

The Massachusetts Medical Society's annual Physician Workforce Study shows a fifth consecutive year of primary care physician shortages as well as shortages in 10 of 18 physician specialties across the state.

IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc. has increased its national footprint, acquiring two hospitalist practices in New Jersey and Nevada.

An upstart California healthcare union is in danger of folding following a decisive defeat to a bitter rival in a recent vote of Kaiser Permanente employees.

The concept of "green" practices is taking root in healthcare as hospitals and other providers look not only to preserve the environment, but save on equipment costs by recycling.

A lower base salary means increased productivity and higher overall compensation for hospitalist physicians, according to a new report.