The healthcare industry is expanding at a rapid pace. Desperate to fill open positions, hospitals, and wellness centers run the risk of hiring too quickly and bringing inexperienced personnel on board. The long-term effects of hiring a good vas bad employee can be shocking. Fill out the form below to download the infographic and see the comparison.
Having a talented staff is necessary to operate an effective healthcare organization that offers exceptional patient care. All employees must be trained and knowledgeable, or they risk putting patients’ lives at risk. Qualified healthcare workers ensure the facility runs smoothly and safely. The need for talented healthcare staff members has always been important, but it is even more so in…
“The doctor is out”. No one wants to hear those words when they arrive at the hospital for urgent care. That’s why hospitals work tirelessly to ensure that they’re always staffed. But the process is still difficult and lengthy. Positions may stay open for much too long, and in the meantime, patients go without proper treatment while staff are burdened….
It’s late on a Sunday night, and the ER is filled with patients in need of help. It’s August, so you’re dealing with the expected uptick in births.* But there’s also a new bug going around, meaning even more people are in need of care than usual. As more patients arrive, you realize that some of your staff are MIA…
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…