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In year two of the Next Generation of the Healthcare Workforce project, states and territories sustained their efforts on healthcare workforce planning through individual team goals, regional dialogues, national conversations among project state and territory teams and subject matter experts, peer-to-peer engagement, connections with HRSA regional offices and expansion of their knowledge base related to various topical areas within the healthcare workforce.

St. John’s Health is putting its money where its mouth is. The hospital’s Board of Trustees convened for a special meeting Friday afternoon to discuss creating a “COVID safety” bonus program that rewards employees who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 or do so before May 31. “It’s really about a commitment to safety for our employees, safety for our patients,” human resources director Thom Kinney told the board. Including premeeting chit-chat, the whole thing took about 15 minutes because the board strongly supported the idea, passing it unanimously. St....