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As a healthcare administrator nearing the end of the fiscal year, you’re facing a major challenge. Labor costs have skyrocketed, and the amount of staff leaving due to burnout exacerbates the situation. Finding effective solutions to curb the rising labor expenses has become your top priority. The healthcare industry is grappling with significant changes in […]

Staffing shortages have transformed the healthcare landscape into one that has to rely on more than traditional staffing models.  The growing reliance on alternative staffing solutions has presented a situation where the traditional staffing model is insufficient in the current healthcare climate.  Flexible staffing models have emerged and evolved to handle how care is provided […]

A culture that nurtures and enforces compliance is a necessary condition for healthcare organizations.  Without compliance regulations and guidelines, facilities would face scrutiny regarding their operations and quality of care. The result would be a catastrophic and system-wide failure to protect the health, safety, and rights of patients and staff.  Compliance relies on its leaders […]

Nursing float pools allow facilities to fish from other pools of internal or external talent to fill units where core staff is scarce.  Creating and implementing in-facility nurse float pools can take valuable time and resources. Despite some obstacles and hindrances, the benefits outweigh the possibility of nursing shortages caused by regular or irregular staffing […]

The healthcare industry has weathered a torrent of supply disparities, space issues, and budget cuts/increases as a result of the changing healthcare climate. However, there is one significant storm that consistently looms on an unchanging horizon — the healthcare staffing crisis.  The temporary staffing model has been presented as an exigency plan to create dams […]

In the ever-transforming healthcare landscape, patient care and staffing ratios are constantly evolving to meet compliance and safety standards, as well as avoid fiscal ramifications.   A healthcare facility’s financial performance is a fundamental component in providing top-notch patient care and effectively allocating resources to address changes and challenges in the healthcare industry. By exploring the […]

You signed your healthcare facility up to be run by a managed service provider (MSP) because you’d heard of the many benefits they could provide. Maybe they made promises of lower costs, top-talent contingent staff, and making the headaches of dealing with vendors go away. But are they following through on those promises? If not, […]

Encapsulated within a closed system that relies on order and balance, healthcare facilities operate similarly to an ecosystem. There must be a healthy ratio of patients to hospital personnel with enough space, supplies, and information to sustain both.  When this ecosystem becomes unbalanced, the system begins to collapse. Facilities have their routine procedures for operation […]

Healthcare professionals in the U.S. face a myriad of challenges. From struggles with administrative efficiency to lack of access to care and ongoing repercussions due to COVID-19, it’s no wonder healthcare workers are feeling spent. Quiet quitting in healthcare is evident across the country, but is there hope for a better tomorrow? In this article, […]