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Swedish Medical Center, one of the biggest hospitals in Washington's Seattle area, has cut back four vice presidents and 22 directors and is planning to lay off additional 175 staff. Unemployment insurance claims from hospital staff in Washington have risen from 2,400 in 2007 to 2,600 in 2008, and more hospitals are expected to cut staff.

Although the shortage of registered nurses has deservedly received much publicity, local hospital personnel managers are dealing as well with a dire shortage of 'allied health professionals,' such as physical [...]

Piedmont Healthcare has hired 25 members of Atlanta Cardiology Group away from rival Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, and is negotiating to acquire the services of Cardiac Disease Specialists and Cardiology of Georgia. The move is expected to strengthen its research capabilities and its position in the cardiovascular services in Atlanta. Views on the move are presented.

It was past midnight of a spring evening last May when Dr. Albert diVittorio, a prominent Placerville surgeon, walked into the emergency room at Marshall Hospital to treat the victim [...]

Hospitals find TQM the prescription for fiscal health Three years ago, Parkview Episcopal Medical Center was showing serious symptoms of employee morale problems: Half the staff was reluctant to recommend [...]

John Bozard is taking good care of his family's new addition, beaming with pride and anxious to see 'baby' grow. Bozard's 'family' is Orlando Regional Medical Center, the parent corporation [...]

Non-clinical jobs are being eliminated at Doylestown Hospital in order to make up for its budget shortfall due to malpractice insurance costs. Twenty-seven more people are losing jobs shortly after 30 lost jobs when the mental-health unit closed.

Dallas-Fort Worth area hospitals have finally reversed the trend in their nurse staffing shortage. Recruiters have managed to get salaries increased and offer sign-on bonuses and internships. In particular, critical care and emergency nurses have been in demand.

As Vanguard Health Systems Inc. continues to cut losses at Phoenix Memorial Hospital, the director of community resources and volunteer services has been eliminated. Within the next two weeks, Marisue [...]

BLOOMFIELD - The Western Pennsylvania Hospital has initiated a new effort to help its employees purchase homes. The hospital is providing home-buyer counseling and education services to qualified employees through [...]

When Karen Chatland was invited to take part in discussions with nursing executives from nearly every major hospital in San Antonio, she was, to say the least, intrigued. 'You don't [...]

Hospitals say the state's pool of doctors is shrinking, but professor Alan Sager of the Boston University School of Public Health says there are plenty of physicians here, it's just [...]

We all know that nurses are in short supply. Even the state Legislature is appropriating money to help hospitals recruit nurses. But are signing bonuses enough? Some doubt it, and [...]

Facing a nationwide shortage of nurses, the area's two medical centers are getting creative in their attempts to recruit and retain nursing talent. At Wesley Medical Center, a job fair [...]

Several Silicon Valley hospitals are going back to school -- literally -- in an attempt to solve their dire staff shortages. Santa Clara County's 12 hospitals have joined forces with [...]

D.C. General Hospital said it plans to lay off about 200 employees and 96 contract nurses in the next 60 days and that more cuts are likely. The board of [...]

It seems a couple of thousand women working in. a St. Petersburg health care company have it pretty good. Bayfront-St. Anthony's Health Care is one of America's 100 best companies [...]

Private practices can't match hospital offers Money. For most new doctors entering the job market, it's hard not to make it about the money. They've spent the last several years [...]

Rancocas Hospital in Willingboro, N.J., announced it is reducing its work force by 42 positions by Laying off 18 workers and eliminating 24 vacant positions. The 24 vacant positions involve [...]

Fewer graduates, aging work force point to chronic scarcity of qualified nursing staffers Registered nurse Sande Carlson had to elbow her way into her first job at Children's Hospital & [...]

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. promoted Charles Slaton to senior vice president, operations, of its Texas Region. Slaton, 43, has served as vice president and regional director of the region's 14 [...]

Bay area hospital officials and nurse recruiters have long said the region is suffering from a worsening shortage of nurses, particularly in specialty critical care areas. Other Business Journals report [...]

In no more than eight weeks, Ohio State University Medical Center expects to roll out a cost-cuffing plan that could include worker dismissals to restore its four-hospital network to profitability. [...]

The Catholic Health System has announced the layoff of 75 managers effective Dec. 31 to help stem losses in reimbursements in Medicare programs. The health system of five hospitals is [...]

TAMPA -- It's a Florida winter tradition: The state's annual nurse shortage has arrived. Chief nursing officers and recruiters at hospitals, nursing homes and staffing agencies have scrambled in recent [...]

At least one disturbing trend accompanies the nurse shortage. Some call it 'down-skilling.' Medical assistants now often do jobs that registered nurses once did. The fiscal incentives for employers are [...]

If you want to understand the Tampa Bay area's wintertime demand for nurses, just read the want ads. On any Sunday, daily newspapers have hundreds of ads for registered nurses, [...]

Offering three-month free bus passes as a bonus, Grant/Riverside Hospitals lured 96 people to interview for hard-to-fill service jobs at a Dec. 7 job fair. The event, at the new [...]

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas has selected its second group of Endowed Scholars in Medical Science. Each will receive $600,000 in research funds over the next [...]

Sutter Medical Center Sacramento will terminate 68 employees and cut the working hours of 15 employees in early January 2011 to cope up with declining patient volume and to make the firm stable in challenging economic conditions. The cuts will include registered nurses and management positions. Other information on Sutter's job cuts are provided.

TriHealth has mandated that employees who refused to get the vaccination shot for 2010 could be penalized with unpaid administrative leave. Other hospital employers, such as University Hospital and Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center have fired employees for forgoing flu shots. Insights on the vaccination rates among hospital employees are also given.

Greater Baltimore area in Maryland has four hospitals that are in the middle of transforming their campuses with new facilities for treating various patients. Constructions in Mercy Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Franklin Square Hospital and Anne Rundle Hospital had driven the construction industry back to life. Insights on the hospitals' hiring plans are also given.

Abington Memorial Hospital is implementing job cuts, which include 100 part- and full-time workers from the management, nursing, technical, operational and clerical staff. The move is prompted by the decline in the hospital's patient volumes.

St. Joseph's Hospital-North, a new facility in Hillsborough County, Florida, has hired approximately 500 workers, with the 450 full-time positions payed $22-$23 per hour. The $225 million hospital, which opened on February 15, 2009, is expected to help boost the health care segment of the state's Tampa Bay region.

Central Alabama may see an increase in white collar jobs as Ascension Health is looking for a site to consolidate its back-office operations. The parent company of St, Vincent Health System may be eyeing St. Clair County as a potential site.

The cuts to the Federal Reimbursement Allowance wouold represent a 30 percent drop in revenue for Forest Park and St. Alexius hospitals. The hospitals announced plans to merge and discontinue many services at the Forest Park facility. Forest Park also plans to lay off 268 full-time employees and another 80 to 90 part-time employees.

Maryland hospital executives have revealed that they will continue to invest in top specialist doctors in spite of the impending Medicare payment cuts. The hospitals would also hire more physicians in the future since the declining payments could encourage doctors to leave private practices. How the hospitals plan to manage the influx of doctors is also presented.

Maple Grove Hospital in Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, Minnesota has received about 8,500 applications for the 180 positions it needs to fill, which highlight the impact of the recession in which thousands of health care workers have lost jobs. The $138.9 million hospital has already hired 145 workers and plans to have more than 300 by the end of 2010. Insights on jobs that need to be filled are also given.

Kaiser hospitals are expected to shed more than 200 employees in the Sacramento region in California. The move is part of the group's effort to make up for reduced enrollment and declining margins. Job cuts include 68 at the Roseville hospital, 48 at the Bruceville Road hospital and 93 at the Morse Avenue hospital.

An experiment conducted by nursing graduate student Ruth Labardee resulted in shorter patient stays in hospitals. The experiment also improved the staffing levels at the Fairfield Medical Center and made patient stays safer.

Boston Medical Center and Cambridge Health Alliance are expected to lose tens of millions of dollars in 2008 because of proposed cuts on state and federal health care reimbursements (Medicaid) in Massachusetts. The move is likely to endanger hundreds of jobs in the state. Other views and information on Medicaid in Massachusetts are presented.

Complaints against Sutter Medical Hospital Sacramento in California of missed meal and rest breaks for nurses could cost the hospital millions in unpaid wages. A Supreme Court decision stated that companies denying a 30-minute meal break after five working hours must be compensated with additional pay for the worker. Details of the issue are discussed.

The Durham Regional Hospital may be able to compete with the Duke University Hospital by expanding its target market and by providing women's healthcare and wellness, according to a Durham Regional board report. The report also states that Durham Regional Hospital must also plan for staffing and facilities expansion. Duke's agreement with the county is also discussed.

The Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission is examining the proposal to lower the 6.25% rate increase given to hospitals in April 2007. The rate cut will result to hospitals losing up to $250 million, and possible downsizing. Background on the regulating of health care prices in Maryland hospitals is supplied.

The trends of the construction of hospitals in Baltimore, Maryland, are described. The trends and the prospects of the shortage of trained medical staff for these hospitals are discussed.

The recruitment of nurses from India by hospitals in Masschusetts due to a shortage of trained nurses in the state of Massachusetts is described. The trends pertaining to the enrollment of students at nursing schools in the United States of America are discussed.

The need for hospitalists for caring patients in area hospitals is presented. The recruiting of inpatient physicians by the area hospitals is discussed.

Large numbers of hospitals are continuing to use signing bonuses of several thousand dollars to help the experienced candidates since there is a shortfall of nursing staff. Massachusetts General Hospital has achieved low 2.6 percent nursing vacancy rate because of programs that include mentoring, academic development and tuition reimbursement to help develop new nurses.

A legal dispute at the Hawaiian Nurses Association has blocked collective bargaining for Kauai Medical Clinic nurses, who were working without a contract since January 2004. A power struggle between the association, who wants employers to recognize a new governing Council on Collective Bargaining as the nurses' bargaining agent and its collective bargaining organization, or union who has made attempts to bargain with hospitals has forced employers to delay negotiations.