health care workers

May 22, 2023 | 9:44 AM

Would mandated nurse-to-patient ratios fix Pa.’s nursing shortage?

By Sarah Boden/WESA

October 3, 2022 | 12:00 PM

Philadelphia health care workers say they experience violence and assaults ‘constantly’ while on the job

In many hospitals and health care settings across the U.S., there are minimal consequences for harassing or assaulting a healthcare worker.

By Nicole Leonard/WHYY

September 30, 2022 | 11:30 AM

NOVA’s “Ending HIV in America” Shows the Remarkable Progress Science Has Made Against HIV

NOVA’s “Ending HIV in America” is a story of struggle and triumph, showing how the fight against HIV reshaped the world of science and medicine.

By Christina Zeiders

May 12, 2022 | 1:21 PM

Health care worker shortage, behavioral health resources top concerns for hospital execs in Pa.

Shortages of nurses, doctors and other qualified workers was a challenge before the coronavirus strained hospitals, however, the virus accelerated the need for action, as burned-out nurses fled intensive care units flooded with COVID-19 patients.

By Brett Sholtis

February 24, 2022 | 6:39 PM

More than one in four registered nurse positions went vacant, recent survey reports

Widespread medical provider staffing shortages are challenging hospitals’ ability to keep up with demand,

By Brett Sholtis

April 12, 2021 | 7:42 AM

‘Death by a thousand cuts’: Rural Pa. residents lament more cuts to local hospitals during pandemic

Hospitals across the country have been feeling the financial pain, but it’s hitting rural America especially hard.

By Min Xian/Keystone Crossroads

March 18, 2021 | 8:05 AM

Lessons from the COVID-19 crisis: Overcrowding hospitals cost lives

The research, from both the U.S. and the U.K., shows that when ICUs fill up, COVID-19 patients' chances of dying from the disease rise dramatically, and this is despite improvements in treatment and care developed since last spring.

By Will Stone/NPR

March 9, 2021 | 7:29 AM

‘We’re fighting for a public health safety issue’: Pa. nurses unions went toe-to-toe with management on hospital staffing ratios

Studies show that, for nurses, adequate staffing grids can reduce burnout. For patients, proper nurse staffing is associated with better health outcomes. Poor staffing ratios are correlated with a higher occurrence of infection in hospitals.

By Kenny Cooper/WHYY

January 21, 2021 | 7:50 AM

UPMC Western psych staff concerned about COVID policies

Health care workers at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital say some of the hospital’s COVID-19 practices don’t sufficiently protect patients or staff from contracting the coronavirus.

By Lucy Perkins/WESA

January 11, 2021 | 7:42 AM

For health care workers, the pandemic is fueling renewed interest in unions

Research shows that health facilities with unions have better patient outcomes and are more likely to have inspections that can find and correct workplace hazards.

By Aneri Pattani/NPR

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