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Nurse employment and wage trends

Healthcare ECONOMIST

Recent news articles have spilled much ink about the current nurse shortage. According to Pew , due to nursing shortages “Hospitals nationwide are canceling nonemergency surgeries, struggling to quickly find beds for patients and failing to meet the minimum nurse-patient ratios experts recommend.” 7 percent).

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Our Nursing Home Industry – A National Scandal

HIT Consultant

As a Board-Certified Internist and Geriatrician with over 35 years of providing care in nursing facilities, this sentiment has guided me throughout my career. Our nursing facility industry is about to crumble. The nursing industry is being torn apart by the convergence of several major currents: 1. million to 1.35

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Home Health Workforce Has Rebounded from Pandemic Lows, But Not Entirely

Home Health Care

Nurse employment data during the first 15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic shows that the health care labor market tightened overall, but certain workers and settings were affected more than others. The decline in health care employment during the pandemic was unprecedented. But their decline continued, unlike in home health.

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Armed with Home-Based Care Capabilities, Advocate Aurora Health Is Ready for Next Step

Home Health Care

with 27 hospitals,7,000 physicians and more than 500 outpatient care centers. In the late 2000s, Advocate Aurora made a deliberate decision to prioritize and shape its value-based care models. Advocate Aurora Health is one of the largest nonprofit, integrated health systems in the U.S.,

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AHCA/NCAL Report: LTC Industry Facing Worst Job Loss Among All Health Care Providers

Briggs Healthcare

“The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) have released a report showing long term care facilities are suffering from the worst labor crisis and job loss than any other health care sector. Bureau of Labor Statistics.” [1]. Together these 2 PAC settings lost 259,000 jobs.