Workforce

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will have little net effect on overall employment but should provide a modest boost in healthcare sector employment, according to the Urban Institute.

Three hospitals on Washington's remote Olympic Peninsula are looking into a partnership with Seattle's Swedish Medical Center to improve clinical outcomes for their patients and access new technology.

Anthem Blue Cross will offer hospitalist services to its Medi-Cal members in California's Los Angeles County through a new program with medical management services company ApolloMed.

The poor quality of direct-care workers' jobs endangers the country's caregiving infrastructure, according to PHI, a national nonprofit organization advocating for the direct-care workforce in home and residential settings.

Premier Purchasing Partners, based in Charlotte, N.C., has announced a new agreement for waste management products and services with Trinova Medical Waste Solutions of Corona, Calif.

Crittenton Hospital Medical Center in Rochester, Mich., has reportedly saved more than $4 million by using the LaborConnect staffing management program developed by the Premier healthcare alliance.

There is a growing trend among healthcare providers to hire certified case managers, according to a new white paper from the Commission for Case Manager Certification.

The U.S. healthcare sector continued its steady creation of new jobs, with employment increasing in February by approximately 34,300 positions.

Online advertised vacancies for healthcare practitioners, technical staff and support personnel dropped in February, according to The Conference Board's latest report.

BancTec, a Dallas-based developer of transaction automation and outsourcing solutions, has unveiled Healthcare Remittance Automation, an outsourced service for providers, aggregators and financial institutions to automate and optimize healthcare payment workflow.