Workplace

While the AHA respects the FTC’s efforts to address issues of genuine unequal bargaining power between certain employers and certain types of workers, the FTC proposed non-compete rule would profoundly transform the health care labor market – particularly for physicians and senior hospital…
A federal court in Texas last week found that the Federal Trade Commission likely lacked statutory authority to issue its Non-Compete Clause Final Rule.
Ascension, a nonprofit health system that includes 139 hospitals in 19 states, yesterday published a detailed response to a New York Times article that examined staffing at the health system. 
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., yesterday released a framework outlining recommended policies, processes and practices to support mental health and well-being in the workplace.
The AHA and its American Organization for Nursing Leadership today published an advertorial in the Wall Street Journal on the need for federal legislation to protect nurses and other health care workers from assault and intimidation.
As health care organizations strive to cultivate inclusive workplaces, many could use a comprehensive structure to keep their efforts in check. A ‘first-of-its-kind’ study from the Perelman School of Medicine, which is part of the academic medical center Penn Medicine in Philadelphia, has given way…
Nearly two-thirds of health care leaders believe that by 2023 their organization will have made facility improvements to enhance patient/staff safety.