Workforce
In the first month of the new year, the healthcare industry added 23,000 jobs -- conforming to the industry's average monthly gains throughout 2012, noted the Bureau of Labor Statistics in a statement accompanying the department's jobs report released Friday morning.
With an eye towards more integrated care delivery and a new business line, two of Atlanta's largest health systems are forming an insurance company.
Results from a new survey on the state of hiring in the healthcare market confirm what has been reported for years, even in the midst of an economic downturn: the healthcare jobs market is scorching. Trouble is, hiring managers are finding it challenging to get the qualified people they need.
FORTUNE magazine released its annual list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. This year, 12 companies in the healthcare industry made the list and a few of them shared some insights with Healthcare Finance News on why employees enjoy working for them.
A recent study published in the Journal of Nursing Care Quality found that improvement is needed when it comes to the participation levels of newly-registered nurses in hospital quality improvement levels.
A study published in a recent issue of Medical Care found that increased nurse-to-patient staffing ratios and good work environments for nurses were tied to lower 30-day readmission rates for Medicare patients suffering from heart failure, myocardial infarction and pneumonia.
Last week the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it will not challenge a proposal by the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA) to offer a gainsharing program to its member hospitals in the state.
For years we’ve read that the US faces a looming shortage of nurses. Shortfalls in the hundreds of thousands of nurses are routinely predicted. Yet somehow 43 percent of newly-licensed RNs can’t find jobs within 18 months.
A new study released in Health Affairs this month puts the brakes on the runaway physician shortage bandwagon by claiming that shortages could be eliminated by using electronic communication and teams to manage patient panels.
A recent economic impact analysis of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)-member medical schools and teaching hospitals showed that combined they added $587 billion to the nation's economy and supported close to 3.5 million jobs directly or indirectly in 2011.