NYC Health + Hospitals has opened 20 new staff wellness rooms across the public health system, marking the culmination of a two-year, $1 million project to support employee well-being.

A New York City-based Northwell Health staff program that started to hire medical assistants in ambulatory practices has expanded to a pipeline that has saved the system $200 million and brought in thousands of employees in the last 10 years.

Healthcare employment gains are continuing to rise with 688,000 jobs added to the field in the last year, according to a June Bureau of Labor Statistics Monthly Labor Review report.

Gina Cronin will begin serving as senior vice president and chief people officer of Washington, D.C.-based Children's National Hospital in July, bringing decades of executive operational experience to her new role.

Nurses in Ohio are asking state lawmakers to amend a proposed bill to increase the legal penalties associated with using bodily fluids as a weapon against healthcare workers, according to the Dayton Daily News. 

Increased schedule flexibility remains one of the most effective strategies for staff retention, a recent Becker's poll found.

Scott Davis recently left his role as CEO of HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest to helm HCA's Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colo.

A new workforce development offering at Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System will cover up to $4,000 in annual tuition costs for all employees looking to advance their education and careers. 

Workforce has been a big challenge for the entire healthcare industry and Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has developed creative solutions to build a stronger foundation for the future.

The Indiana Hospital Association has launched a statewide flexible staffing pool to aid its more than 170 member hospitals with staffing shortages, the system announced June 18.

Reactions to minimum staffing laws and their impact on healthcare are mixed, a recent Becker's poll found.

Cleveland-based University Hospitals is expanding its Future Nurse Academy this summer — a program that trains high school students in the Cleveland area in core skills required for a career in the field. 

Fostering a sense of engagement and loyalty among employees is among the top workforce issues on the minds of hospital and health system executives. They are taking various approaches to improve job satisfaction and workers' well-being.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many in-person job interviews took a virtual turn. For company recruiters and human resource leaders looking to hire new employees, this also meant having their inboxes flooded with online applicants, a time consuming and often tedious task that might have left some employees overlooked. 

Forty-nine percent of executives believe their hospitals are not fully prepared to deal with current patient volumes, according to a report published June 12 by FTI Consulting's "Hospital Operations Outlook Survey."

A staffing law passed in 2023 in Oregon has resulted in hundreds of complaints and warnings against at least two hospitals, according to the Oregon Health Authority, which provided data to Becker's.

Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University told staff June 6 that it plans to lay off at least 500 employees, citing financial issues. 

Numerous phrases have entered the workplace lexicon in recent years as employees have reassessed their approaches to jobs. Members of Generation Z in entry-level jobs often are the generators of these phrases, which include "quiet quitting" and "coffee badging."

Healthcare employment continued to grow in certain areas of the sector in May, showing growth on top of April's numbers. 

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health is rolling out a new initiative with a goal to train 5,000 students by 2030 to get them on the healthcare career pathway.