A new primary health care clinic in the Tri-Cities is increasing access and lowering prices for members of three local unions, driven by their efforts to seek quality care for their members.
One of the Tri-Cities’ largest employers, which has already cut hundreds of local workers in the past year, is about to cut roughly 400 more jobs across its global workforce.
Hospital HR departments are pulling out all the stops to attract and retain workers, from large scale hiring events and maintaining multiple pipelines with training and educational programs to internal advancement opportunities for staff and using AI.
The healthcare provider that owns and operates Kadlec Regional Medical Center has laid off workers at four of its facilities outside the Mid-Columbia area ostensibly due to several financial pressures.
PNNL's director told staff in a meeting that up to 1,000 people could be cut if the current budget passes, a number that’s been echoed by state leaders.
A study published by experts behind an online education platform shows Washington state is among the best positioned to reap the benefits of the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence, or AI, due to education, labor market and government funding.
