Workforce
Internal labor audits may help hospitals and healthcare organizations navigate myriad labor laws, union contracts and other workforce issues.
Supply chain managers are under increased pressure to reduce the cost of operational, medical and surgical supplies at their facilities, making successful negotiating a necessity.
Healthcare employers reported in the latest national CareerBuilder survey that full-time, permanent hiring in the second half of 2013 will gradually improve over 2012 and temporary and contract hiring is expected to jump 15 percentage points over last year.
Despite the regular news that the healthcare industry is adding jobs, the pressures of mergers and acquisitions, declining reimbursements and the fears over national healthcare reform have led to several recent announcements of layoffs, which is putting a greater focus on outplacement services for healthcare workers.
For boards, the biggest compensation issue isn't so much how much is too much or how much is too little, it's how much is necessary to recruit and retain the talent that will address the unprecedented business challenges these organizations are facing now and in the near future.
Income is up, frustration still exists, and healthcare reform is making a definite impact on physician practices. In a 2013 survey conducted by Medscape, doctors revealed the number of hours worked, changes to their practice, and satisfaction with their compensation and the practice of medicine. Take a look at this infographic for some highlights from the survey.
More than half of private companies are finding themselves ahead of the government's employer insurance requirements now that the Treasury Department has delayed compliance until 2015.
As nearly every industry in the country has struggled in the recent recession, healthcare has bucked the trend, continually adding jobs and helping to fuel the country's economic recovery.
In "How a Blog Held Off the Most Powerful Union in America," author Paul Levy, former president and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, provides a detailed look at how unions use corporate campaigns and how one health center used social media to neutralize such tactics. He talked to Healthcare Finance News about his book.
Workplace wellness programs are becoming increasingly popular among employers but they are not likely having immediate positive effects on the amount employers end up spending on healthcare coverage for their employees.