Modern Healthcare Online reports: Hospitals added roughly 10,000 workers in January, climbing 0.2%, to bring total hospital employment to about 4.58 million, according to seasonally adjusted figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. All figures are preliminary. For the 12 months ended in January, hospital payrolls added nearly 112,600 workers, an increase of 2.5%.
Physician office employment grew by about 8,400 workers, or 0.4%, last month to total 2.25 million employees. For the 12 months ended in January, physician offices added roughly 74,100 workers, an increase of 3.4%.
