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Health workers fear it’s profits before protection as CDC revisits airborne transmission

Amy Maxmen, KFF Health News

March 19, 2024

2:05 pm

Across the country, hospital leadership cited advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the limits of airborne transmission.

Healthcare workers push for their own confidential mental health treatment

Katheryn Houghton, KFF Health News

February 22, 2024

10:00 am

States are redefining when medical professionals can get mental health treatment without risking notifying the boards that regulate their licenses.

66% of healthcare workers live paycheck-to-paycheck, survey finds

Lecia Bushak

January 18, 2024

10:30 am

Facing burnout and being underpaid for their work, many healthcare workers are considering leaving their jobs for on-demand roles like travel nursing.

Nurse practitioner named as best job of 2024 by U.S. News

Jack O'Brien

January 9, 2024

11:05 am

The U.S. News survey concluded that the increased demand for healthcare services and support in that field elevated nurse practitioner on the list.

HCPs prefer a return to in-person medical conferences going forward

Lecia Bushak

December 13, 2023

1:37 pm

Despite going all-virtual during the COVID-19 pandemic, medical conferences have largely leaned back toward in-person — and HCPs prefer it that way.

Timeline of a crisis: Kaiser Permanente delicately negotiates with striking workers

Ewan Larkin

November 20, 2023

3:00 pm

The healthcare provider focused its messaging around “coming together” to find a mutual solution.

Pharma set to prioritize HCP needs in 2024, report finds

Lecia Bushak

November 14, 2023

4:04 pm

Nearly 60% of pharma respondents said HCP insight is the top priority for strategic HCP engagement in 2024.

Pay raises cool for medical system execs despite competitive talent market

Marc Iskowitz

October 16, 2023

1:43 pm

Upper management, rather than rank-and-file healthcare execs, tended to see the higher end of the pay boost.

Massive Kaiser Permanente strike looms as talks head to the wire

Bernard J. Wolfson, KFF Health News

September 26, 2023

11:00 am

Kaiser Permanente and union representatives pledged to continue negotiating a new contract up until the last minute as the threat of the nation’s latest large-scale strike looms next month.