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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 [...]

The Baton Rouge General hospital had undergone an expansion to cater to the increasing number of patients. However, the hospital has now encountered another dilemma because of the existence of a shortage of nurses and other clinical positions. Details of the expansion and methods employed by the hospital to attract medical personnel are presented.

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 [...]

William Beaumont Hospitals last week announced several changes in its executive management structure and two retirements, said CEO Kenneth Matzick. Effective Oct. 1, the executive changes included: * Paul Peabody, [...]

William Beaumont Hospitals in Royal Oak announced Friday it eliminated 353 full-time equivalent positions, or 425 employees, to help cut $10 million out of its $2 billion budget. Like most [...]

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 [...]

The other shoe has dropped for William Beaumont Hospitals in Royal Oak. After receiving bond rating downgrades from the major credit rating agencies in August, Beaumont has imposed a nonclinical [...]

The nation's anemic supply of nurses is a familiar headache for recruiters or executives who grapple with hospitals' daily operations and budget. Now it's an issue for hospitals' general counsels [...]

Mike Dixon thinks that working at a hospital where more than one-third of the more than 11,000 employees are under 35 years old is pretty cool. 'Over the past five [...]

Nurses on strike at Mt. Clemens General Hospital since Aug. 9 were optimistic last week that an agreement would be reached Saturday. Representatives from the Office and Professional Employees International [...]

Legislation has been introduced in Lansing to mandate specific nurse-patient staffing ratios at all times in Michigan hospitals. On its face, requiring hospitals to staff a certain number of nurses [...]

Early battle lines are forming over a proposal to require minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in hospitals and limits on mandatory nurse overtime. The Michigan Nurses Association says Senate Bill 1190 [...]

Having taken off the gloves in bargaining with commercial payers in the past two years, hospitals are shifting their hardball negotiating tactics to a more elusive target: government entities. The [...]

Increased statewide competition among heart hospitals has made experienced medical staff a hot commodity on the North Shore. The Louisiana Heart Hospital added to the pressure when it opened six [...]

Motivated by employees concerned with finding reliable, flexible childcare services, Southwest Washington Medical Center announced plans to build a $1.5 million childcare and learning center. A partnership project involving the [...]

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 Iowa's nurses reach retirement age, there aren't enough students in nursing schools to replace them Iowa's nursing shortage is growing. critical, and some health-care professionals fear the quality of [...]

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 [...]

In another life, William O'Neill, M.D., would have made a great general manager of the New York Yankees. He knows talent. He has a big payroll. And he isn't afraid [...]

The Detroit Medical Center has extended more decision-making power to its 1,900 independent attending physicians after last week's controversy involving the dean of the Wayne State University School of Medicine. [...]

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.