Workforce
Our staff at McLeod Health is composed of more than 4,700 employees spread throughout our medical center, health agency, fitness facility and 35 medical practices. That many employees alone can make HR challenging, but spread them over multiple facilities and toss in the varying degrees of jobs that need to be filled and some days it can make healthcare HR seem like an insurmountable task.
David Barham, vice president of finance for operations for Baptist Memorial Health Care in Memphis, Tenn., is this month's Newsmaker.
Jennifer Dunaway, COO and Practice Administrator at Seven Hills Women's Health Centers talks about how the recession has affected her business.
MedeAnalytics, an Emeryville, Calif.-based provider of healthcare performance management solutions, has announced that Blue Shield of California will deploy the company’s Medical Management Analytics solution for use in its Healthcare Services division.
Kronos has launched a new workforce management tool that, among other things, allows healthcare providers to put social networks to work in the search for new employees.
After months of battling with hospital management, the registered nurses of Quincy Medical Center have ratified a new union contract that includes a 3 percent wage cut in hopes of getting what they consider to be safer staffing conditions.
Hundreds of healthcare human resources executives braved the stifling heat and swarms of Pittsburgh Steelers football fans descending upon Tampa Bay this weekend to attend the 46th annual conference and exposition for the American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration.
The number of licensed registered nurses (RNs) in the United States grew to a new high of 3.1 million between 2004 and 2008, according to the Health Resources and Services Administration.
Hospitals can support patient-centered medical homes by linking them with affiliated physicians and offering health information technology, staff and management expertise, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Hospital Association.
The employment market for hospitalist physicians remains competitive, despite the fact that 30,000 are already working in the United States healthcare industry.