HARTFORD, Conn. — A local group from the New England Health Care Employee’s union called for action on International Women’s Day Wednesday from Connecticut lawmakers and Gov. Ned Lamont for funding to staff the Sisters Together Achieve Recovery or STAR program. The STAR program shut down during the pandemic, but due to staffing shortages and lack of funding the program will close
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Ontario is projected to be short 33,000 nurses and personal support workers by 2028 despite Premier Doug Ford’s investment in the sector, the province’s fiscal watchdog said in a specialhealth-care reportreleased Wednesday. The Financial Accountability Office (FAO),which is a body that provides independent analysis on the state of Ontario’s finances, also saysthe government will be short $21 billion to cover
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Northern Arizona University (NAU) recently received a $6.4 million grant as part of an Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) initiative meant to address Arizona’s nursing shortage. The university was one of five institutions across the state to receive grant money on Jan. 31, which together totals $43.1 million. Each university will be using the grant to fund scholarships in
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Nursing homes are facing increasingly severe financial disruption, with revenue per patient day down more than 14% from pre-Covid levels as of 2021. That’s according to analysts at Marcum LLP, a national accounting and advisory services firm, which on Tuesday released its 2023 annual nursing home statistical analysis. In addition to painting a picture of financial challenges, the report was
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Private hospitals are struggling to keep their nursing staff afloat, as a huge influx continues to move to the public sector – that offers the unbeatable perk of a job for life. Marinos Soteriou, a doctor working with the private sector, told theCyprus Mailon Friday that although private hospitals are offering equally competitive salaries, it is impossible to compete with
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Although hospitalizations due to COVID-19 have settled far below previous peaks, the pandemic’s ripple effects on the health care workforce continue to strain capacity at many teaching hospitals. Among the direst shortages is that of nursing staff. For example, at Ochsner Health, which runs 47 hospitals in the Gulf Coast region and is headquartered in New Orleans, a current shortage
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The Listowel Wingham Hospitals Alliance continues to face significant staffing challenges in clinical areas. The board of governors recently discussed the issue, as the alliance is experiencing a veryhigh number of long-term leaves, mostly consisting of maternity leaves. That has resulted in several temporary jobs to fill, but in the current employment environment, those temporary jobs are no longer attractive. The
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If you’ve recently been a patient in a hospital or seen your physician, you most likely experienced the impact of our nationwide nursing shortage. Longer wait times, delayed care and even patient harm can all result from an inadequate number of nurses to meet rising demand. South Carolina already has too few nurses and is expected to be among the
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“We talked about nursing shortages and how important it is to have trained individuals all throughout the spectrum. I’m really proud of the work they’re doing here in Princeton.” Capito said. One way this shortage is already being addressed is the new nursing program at Concord University, which has been funded in part with federal dollars due to Capito and
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Nurses were a hot topic on medical Twitter this past weekend when the ophthalmologist and comedian known as Dr. Glaucomflecken posed a hypothetical scenario to healthcare professionals: What would you ask your hospital’s chief medical officer for if you could request one change that they would have to make (besides more money for yourself)? “Can I ask for more money for the
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