Michigan Hospital Launch Campaign to Attract and Retain More Workers

A Michigan hospital is launching a new campaign to tackle the ongoing labor shortage in the state's healthcare workforce. The campaign, which begins on Monday and is financed by the Michigan Health and Hospital Association, aims to retain, retrain, and attract more people to clinical and non-clinical healthcare settings throughout the state. There is growing concern about maintaining healthcare...

How Hospitals Can Keep Their Employees During the Great Resignation (Video)

The average hospital loses a percentage of its employees every year. That's a lot of money and time spent training new people! According to Addam Marcotte with FMG Leading, hospitals can keep their employees during the Great Resignation by not just offering them a retention bonus or pay increase but by becoming a great place to work and giving their employees a way to hone their skills, developing...

Nursing Home Employees Must Take The Vaccine. Will Hospital Employees Be Next? (Video)

President Joe Biden has mandated that nursing homes require their employees to be vaccinated or risk losing their Medicare funding. We'll discuss if this mandate will soon come to a hospital near you....

A Lot Can Change In a Year....

2020 - Essential Worker2021 - Disposable WorkerWhat a difference a year ma...

Lawsuit Filed Against Houston Hospital Dismissed (Video)

A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit filed by 117 employees against their hospital on Saturday, June 12, 2021. Jennifer Bridges, a nurse at Houston Methodist who is leading the lawsuit, has vowed to fight on and will take the case to the U.S. Supreme court if they have to.Hospitals in Indiana, Washington D.C., Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania have recently announced a mandatory vaccination...

Hospital Burnout Before and After the Pandemic (Video)

Earlier this year, I made a video about why people were leaving the medical field. This article on Becker's Hospital Review basically reinforced what I was saying. Burnout did not start when the pandemic started; it was already there. Pre-pandemic healthcare had lowercase burnout and uppercase burnout. Uppercase burnout is the textbook term coined in 1974 by American psychologist Herbert...