Saint Vincent Hospital

Burnout is nothing new in the healthcare field, but a mental health crisis among healthcare workers may be leading to startling staffing shortages as a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic threatens to overburden hospitals again.

The Worcester healthcare provider on Sunday announced it would permanently fill the remaining open positions vacated by the 800 union nurses.

Talks between Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester and the Massachusetts Nurses Association union concluded Tuesday leaving the long-term nurses strike unresolved, with contrasting claims about who ended the negotiations.

The annual ranking by the publication U.S. News & World Report placed UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester as the sixth best hospital in Massachusetts, while Saint Vincent Hospital, also in Worcester, placed ninth.

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester will delay the rollout of its new electronic health record system, Cerner, until early 2022, citing the ongoing nurses strike as the reason for the wait, according to a memo circulated to staff on June 23.

The Massachusetts Nurses Association said on Monday the proposal made Sunday by Saint Vincent Hospital to resolve the strike from nurses, who have been off the job and picketing for more than 100 days, was inadequate.

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester has named John Whitlock as its newest chief financial officer, replacing Brendan Strong, who held the role for one year, according to his LinkedIn.

Filling positions hasn’t been easy over the past few years. That’s related to both pressures created by the COVID-19 pandemic and longer-term issues in the healthcare industry.

Amid the long-term labor battle with the striking members of the Massachusetts Nurses Union, Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester has named Tim Clark as its new chief nursing officer, the hospital announced on Friday.

A Worcester State University-hosted vaccine clinic run by Saint Vincent Hospital is closing June 10, after administering over 83,000 coronavirus vaccines, Saint Vincent announced on Thursday.