Three Lessons for the healthcare staffing Industry from FaceBook IPO
The recent initial public offering of the popular social network firm FaceBook provides a cautionary tale for healthcare staffing firms around the country. How in the world does the public offering of a previously private social networking company relate to the staffing industry? Three ways. Expectations, expectations, and expectations.
VMS Operational Considerations in Healthcare Staffing
As a follow-up to our last blog, “Building a Vendor Management System in Healthcare Staffing,” describing a brief history and current state of Vendor Management Systems in the healthcare staffing industry, we will take a look at some of the operational nuts and bolts in its application in the healthcare environment.
Healthcare Staffing Documents with Electronic Signatures
…. Are they really legal? During the course of candidate sourcing in the healthcare staffing industry, legal signatures are required for binding documents between prospective employees and the employer. The volume of paperwork in healthcare staffing credentialing and contracting is typically much greater than in other non-healthcare related fields. The process of sending, receiving, signing, […]
Part II: What Are Your Margin Expectations in Healthcare Staffing?
In our last blog, we discussed the impact unemployment claims have on insurance rates for State Unemployment. Another major area of concern for healthcare staffing agencies is the worker’s compensation premium that is experience rated as well.
Joint Commission Certification: What’s in it for you?
The decision to begin the process of Joint Commission Certification for a healthcare staffing agency has faced all firms since the organization began certification for staffing firms a little over 7 years ago. The Joint Commission is an independent, not-for-profit organization that accredits and certifies more than 19,000 health care organizations and programs in the […]
Margin Expectations in Healthcare Staffing
One of the most important aspects of successfully moving a start-up healthcare staffing firm from incubation to ongoing success is the ability to effectively manage margins. Tracking the true cost of labor is a cornerstone of all successful staffing companies. Every staffing firm should have their own benchmarks for margin objectives. Letting margins slide only […]
Why nurses choose contract labor over permanent placement
The segments of the nursing population that choose contract labor over permanent placement represent a substantial percentage of the workforce. One of the most important questions healthcare staffing firms has to answer, is how can we attract someone to a temporary assignment that is used to permanent placement.
Medical Liability and the Healthcare Staffing Firm
Participants in the delivery of healthcare have long been primary targets in litigation surrounding complaints of medical malpractice. Good Samaritan laws that can provide some protection from damages resulting from unintentional harm fly out the window as soon as a licensed provider of care becomes involved.
What does the future look like for the Healthcare Staffing Industry?
The healthcare staffing industry has seen a steady increase through 2011 and 2012 after several months of slow demand.
