You Gotta Get Up

Sunday night I watched the Oscars with the other BILLION people across the world. I am one of those people who have a love-hate relationship with the Oscars. I love the red carpet fashion, watching my favorite stars win well-deserved awards and seeing how bad the host can mess up. As much as I love […]

Gracefully Changing Leadership

Today is the first full day since Pope Benedict retired.  Even though I am not Catholic, I thought it was very moving and thoughtful how gracefully he has moved on into his new position. This move into a private life was a shock to many, as a Pope has not retired in over 600 years, […]

Hiring in healthcare staffing is alive and well

You’re at that point where you’ve graduated, you earned your degree and now you are faced with a series of questions from friends, family members and colleagues:

Contract Labor: Two little curse words for hospitals

Two little words, “Contract Labor” are almost considered curse words to hospital systems.    You are probably even scared to utter them publically.   Many hospitals are concerned about MSPs and contract labor entering the ever-changing healthcare arena. But in this day and age of the Affordable Care Act we are all trying to navigate […]

Things to look for when finding an Spouse… I mean MSP

Contract labor is a fact of life for many hospital systems, especially as the Affordable Care Act transcends among us, and bed count rises exponentially.  Using a managed service provider is one of the many ways acute care facilities and hospital systems are managing appropriate staffing levels.

Don’t be Stuck in the Stone Age with your Staffing Software

As the Director of Sales for BlueSky, I hear many story’s about other providers and of course the 100 reasons why customers hate their current healthcare staffing software.  One of the biggest and newest complaints is certain company’s that are not staying current with new technology. WHAT?  How can you stay in business, as a […]

Healthcare recruiting during the Ebola outbreak

What is being called by the World Health Organization (WHO as, “The Most Severe Health Emergency in Modern Times,” the Ebola outbreak, is definitely putting the damper on healthcare recruiting and staffing. According to the latest WHO figures, the Ebola epidemic has killed more than 4,000 people worldwide.  And as of Sunday, there is a healthcare worker […]

Ebola Education Module Integrated with BlueSky

Education is power during the Ebola Outbreak Last week I wrote a blog entitled, “Healthcare recruiting during the Ebola outbreak,” and asked, “how are you handling this health emergency?”  Just a few days later, our strategic partners at Prophecy Healthcare launched an Ebola Education Module, called “Ebola: Communicable Disease Preparedness,” to all of their clients […]

5 Halloween Costumes for Healthcare Staffing

Now, you probably have your work Halloween party coming up this week and want to make sure you have something appropriate but different, right?  Well the BlueSky team brainstormed and came up with a great list of costumes specifically for healthcare staffing. Check them out!