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Kronos, a global provider of workforce management solutions for several industries, has enhanced its healthcare vertical with the planned acqusition of API Healthcare, a Wisconsin-based developer of software that automates staffing and scheduling, patient classification, human resources, recruiting, payroll and staffing agencies.

Online advertised vacancies for healthcare practitioners, technical staff and support personnel increased significantly in January, according to a report released this week.

A survey of allied health programs at California community colleges casts doubts on the state's ability to produce the healthcare workers it will need in coming years.

Physician re-entry programs should be easier and better coordinated nationwide, according to the American Medical Association.

PeaceHealth, a six-hospital health system based in Bellevue, Wash., has begun implementation of a managed services deal that will increase the number of outsourced clinical staff and workforce management processes.

The U.S. healthcare sector continued to expand in December, with employment increasing by approximately 35,700 jobs.

After a relatively good year compared to other sectors, the strength of the national healthcare labor market remained flat across a number of major metropolitan areas in the fourth quarter.

The economic downturn continues to impact New Jersey hospitals through the loss of jobs and services, according to a recent survey of the state's acute care hospitals.

Aurora Health Care, a 15-hospital not-for-profit health system based in Milwaukee, Wis., has named Gail L. Hanson senior vice president and chief financial officer.

Hospital designers are turning to nurses to help design better care space, according to a new report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.