Businesses Get an Extra Year to Comply with Healthcare Reform
Citing burdensome reporting requirements, the Obama administration has delayed the employer mandate portion of healthcare reform until 2015 giving employers an additional year to comply with worker...
View ArticleDemand for healthcare staff rises: along with worker confidence
According to the Q2 Randstad Healthcare Employee Confidence Index, healthcare workers are in increasingly high demand, and hospital employers are currently experiencing labor shortages. Many healthcare...
View ArticleFlexibility With Nurse-Patient Ratios Grows More Important
Healthcare employers in the Northeast are no doubt aware of the Massachusetts Nursing Association’s recent efforts in support of a referendum that enforces minimum nurse-patient ratios. The Lowell Sun...
View ArticleIs this city now the toughest RN hiring market in the US?
As in real-estate, one of the most important factors in healthcare staffing is “location, location, location.” According to staffing intelligence firm, Wanted Analytics, Registered Nurse remains the...
View ArticleAre consumers ready to get their healthcare at the drugstore?
Major retailers bet that consumers are ready to get their regular medical care at the drugstore Reinforcing their commitment to consumer healthcare, national pharmacy chain CVS Caremark recently...
View ArticleSix Ways VMS Technology Can Help You Recruit Smarter, Not Harder
For years now healthcare recruiters have been under enormous pressure to keep their own or client facilities fully staffed. With phones ringing all day from potential candidates, a bursting at the...
View ArticleRN Work Project: 34% of Newly-Licensed RNs Leave within Two Years
If you’ve hired a newly-licensed RN, there’s a 1 in 5 chance they’ll leave within their first year on the job, according to a study by the RN Work Project. If they make it past the first year, you’re...
View ArticleLow-Cost Tips that Boost Engagement of Nursing Staff
Nursing Staff Engagement Key to Retention and Performance Research consistently shows that sustainably engaged employees outperform their non-engaged coworkers. Even a small improvement in productivity...
View Article20 Percent of Nursing Workforce to Retire by 2022
The U.S. healthcare system is going to have to replace approximately 555,100 nurses through 2022 just to replace nurse attrition, according to estimates from the American Nurses Association. That’s in...
View ArticleLean Healthcare Management a Better Alternative to Layoffs
Healthcare executives are continually on the lookout for strategies that deliver both cost savings and improved quality of care. Traditionally, staff layoffs were the go-to solution for reducing...
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