Workforce
The American Hospital Association offers these resources for addressing health care workforce issues for leaders of hospitals and health systems.
Also in this roundup: Leadership changes at St. Agnes Hospital, OCH Regional Medical Center and Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers.
About 35% of primary care practices and 28% of specialty practices employed at least one advanced practice clinician in 2016, meaning a nurse practitioner or physician assistant.
ProMedica this week announced it has entered into a joint venture agreement with Welltower Inc. to acquire HCR ManorCare, the nation's second largest provider of post-acute and long-term care services.
Also, in this roundup: Nurse faculty study reveals successful retention strategies.
Also in this week’s roundup: Leadership changes at Shawnee Mission Health in Merriam, KS; HSHS St. Vincent Children’s Hospital in Green Bay, WI; North Oaks Health System in Hammond, LA; and Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel, NJ.
Also in this week’s roundup: Maine hospital named for Barbara Bush recognizes her passing and University of Virginia Medical Center uses app to communicate with non-English speaking patients.
Also, in this roundup: AONE recognizes a nurse researcher for her contributions.
Also in this roundup of hospital and health system leadership changes: New CEOs of Broward Health Imperial Point and McLaren Central Michigan; CIO of Prime Healthcare; and COO Boca Raton Regional Hospital.
Also in this week’s roundup: New research shows millennials are more apt to use non-traditional ways to engage with the health care system, and large study offers more evidence of a link between traumatic brain injuries and dementia later in life.
New CEOs for Kearney Regional Medical Center and UP Health System – Portage and other hospital and health system leadership changes.