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Locum Tenens: Trends in Escalating Demand

How heavily does your organization rely on locum tenens? If you’re like a majority of hospitals and health systems, it’s quite a bit. In 2016, 94 percent of surveyed healthcare facility managers reported using locum tenens physicians. According to Staff Care, that’s a significant rise in 2012, only 74 percent were using locum tenens. A further 76 percent reported using at…

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Is Old Hospital Technology Limiting Staffing at Your Facility?

Healthcare reform. Retiring baby boomers. Staffing shortages. Outdated hospital technology. These are some of the many challenges facing hospitals and health systems today. When put together, these challenges are especially daunting to those who need to quickly adapt to change. Hiring and staffing are among the most critical issues facing healthcare facilities that must prepare for change. While the trend…

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5 Powerful Ways a VMS Helps Hospital Efficiency

Health systems of all sizes are continuing in their quest for newer and better practices that drive hospital efficiency. Consider, for a minute, the single-largest cost center for the hospital — staffing. This is a critical consideration for efficiency, however many organizations have not yet found the proverbial magic bullet solution. One of the key considerations for staffing is the…

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How To Combat Projected Nurse Staffing Shortage

The baby boomer generation is one of the biggest generations the United States has ever seen, second now only to millennials. And as the baby boomer generation ages, they’re also, of course, retiring. The surge in retirees and elderly people seeking medical care is putting a strain on the medical industry. With the ever-growing U.S. nurse staffing shortage, the problem…

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