Becker's Healthcare February 17, 2023
Along with its newly released financial results in a Feb. 16 earnings call, Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems this week also noted nurse recruitment was up 18 percent in 2022.
The health system had implemented a companywide centralized nurse recruitment function that drove the numbers up year over year and allowed it to see “strong gains in employee recruitment and retention.”
Its CEO, Tim Hingtgen, said that throughout the last year, the health system has also “significantly reduced contract labor from its peak in early 2022, while improving overall employee recruitment and retention levels,” according to a Feb. 15 press release.
In addition, the company...