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Healthcare remains a bulwark of an otherwise tentative economy, and employment in the sector will grow even faster during the next couple of years if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is fully implemented, according to healthcare employment experts and human resources managers, who say...
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The 227-bed Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth consistently scores in the 90s on patient-satisfaction survey percentiles, including 99th on employee satisfaction, yet the healthcare center is not satisfied with those scores, leaders say.
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At a whopping 10,879 employees, Baptist Memorial Health Care covers Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas with 14 hospitals, a college of health sciences, a home health company and physician practices.
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The 261-bed, 2,258-employee Pikeville (Ky.) Medical Center employs eight full-time chaplains, with coverage at the facility 24-7, and the facility's chapel is always open.
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With a staff that's 94% female including 86% in the executive suites, flexible scheduling options including a compressed workweek, a “new mom kit” complete with a breast pump, baby-care classes and free dietician and fitness consultations, The Women's Hospital of Newburgh, Ind., lives...
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With 150 employees, the Plano-based Texas Health Center for Diagnostics & Surgery has a relatively small staff—but a stable one.
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Health, prescription drugs, vision, long-term care—you name the benefit, and ZocDoc pays 100% of the costs for employees and their families.
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The top finisher in Modern Healthcare's 2012 Best Places to Work is the 18-bed, 82-employee Wamego (Kan.) City Hospital, whose leaders describe it as a “tight-knit family” that offers fitness opportunities, leadership...
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The work duties at the Central Illinois Endoscopy Center can sometimes be grueling and unpleasant, but the center's 40 employees try to create an enjoyable atmosphere, and they extend their commitment and caring beyond their workdays into community involvement related to their organization's...
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Although it pays exempt employees an average salary comfortably into the six figures along with quarterly bonuses based on meeting performance objectives, Aspen Advisors doesn't believe that dollars and cents are primarily what attracts and retains its top people.
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