Our team at Medical Solutions is excited to get together September 21st to September 24th at ASHHRA’s 55th annual conference and exposition in Chicago. We hope you are too! This event is where healthcare human resources professionals come together to learn, share advice, network, and have some fun. With ASHHRA 2019 just a few short days away, you’ve probably already narrowed down which workshops you want to attend, the speakers you’re excited to hear, and the healthcare vendors you want to meet. In fact, this year’s opening keynote speaker is U.S. Naval Captain Richard Phillips — his h ..read more

Ensuring your healthcare organization has the necessary staff to provide quality care is vital to achieving your facility’s goals. To that end, the right staffing partner can help you recruit ideal contingent clinicians for your open positions, control labor costs, and help manage your facility’s risk. If your facility needs the services of a staffing company, you should consider the following questions when choosing a healthcare staffing partner: Can they accommodate your staffing needs? Are you looking for a staffing company with a large network of clinicians to choose from? Or are you ..read more

The war for clinical talent is here. Thanks to a nationwide clinician shortage, many healthcare facilities are scrambling to find experienced medical professionals to fill their open positions. That means the healthcare facilities with the best recruitment strategies and employee retention programs are winning the industry’s top talent. So, what makes for a strong talent acquisition strategy? Consider the following recommendations to attract and retain quality candidates to your facility: Build a strong workplace culture: Offering an employee-centric culture is a sure-fire way to attract a ..read more

U.S. News & World Report recently announced its annual 2019-2020 Best Hospitals list. According to the publication’s website, “The Best Hospitals Honor Roll takes both the specialty rankings and the procedure and condition ratings into account. Hospitals received points if they were nationally ranked in one of the 16 specialties – the more specialties and the higher their rank, the more points they got – and also if they were rated ‘high performing’ in the nine procedures and conditions.” Without further ado, you’ll find the top 20 hospitals for 2019-2020 below: 1. Mayo Clinic, Roch ..read more

Labor compliance programs exist to ensure your healthcare facility follows both federal and state laws. In fact, a successful compliance program can protect your facility against fraud, abuse, waste, and potential litigation. As a healthcare staffing partner for hospitals, medical clinics, and facilities nationwide, Medical Solutions can help you navigate the complex landscape of healthcare compliance. However, if you’re still managing your facility’s compliance program alone, we’d like to share with you the following compliance guidelines in both acute and post-acute care settings: Ba ..read more

According to Staffing Industry Analysts’ recent annual report, hospital CEOs anticipate their biggest challenges in 2019 to be rising expenses (71%), competition for talent (58%), regulatory and reimbursement pressure (46%), Medicaid changes (25%) and transitioning to value-based payments (17%). If the above workforce challenges are all too familiar to you and your staff, then you may want to consider using the services of an MSP or a managed service provider program. An MSP can help your facility recruit top clinical talent, control labor costs, mitigate risk, and enhance workforce process ..read more

Healthcare organizations succeed when they have the right leadership in place. Unfortunately, finding the right post-acute healthcare leader can be a lengthy process. Meanwhile, your facility is left in a leadership void, and patient care doesn’t stop. That’s why an interim nurse leader could be your facility’s best short-term solution. Consider the following benefits an interim nurse leader brings to the table: They have new ideas and perspectives: Interim nurse leaders have “been there and done that” in healthcare organizations across the country. With their varied experience, they ca ..read more

How would you rate your facility’s hiring process? As the war for clinical talent intensifies, it’s more important than ever to streamline your hiring process so your facility can attract the right healthcare professionals. Consider the following signs your hiring process could be broken and the strategies you can use to fix it: You place too much significance on a candidate’s resume: You could be hiring the wrong people for the wrong reasons. While a healthcare professional’s skills and experience are undeniably important, you shouldn’t treat his or her resume as the final factor in y ..read more

Thanks to today’s tight labor market, contingent labor programs are on the rise. Healthcare organizations now have the ability to quickly hire top clinical talent when they need them, and experienced clinicians have the flexibility to work where they want to travel. While this is a win-win situation for almost everyone, it does introduce certain workforce challenges for your facility’s administrative team. Interviewing, hiring, and onboarding contingent employees can add an avalanche of tasks for your HR team, whose time and resources are already limited. Since these tasks are critical to ..read more

At Medical Solutions, Nurses Week is the highlight of our year. And while Nurses Week just wrapped up, we’re still in a festive mood. So, we’d like to take a moment to appreciate the hard work our internal team of registered nurses does every day. This dedicated group, officially known as the Clinical Team, works behind the scenes for our Travelers, our hospital partners, and even our internal employees. Here’s just a quick snapshot of all that they do: Interview Champions Medical Solutions’ Clinical Team can accelerate your facility’s hiring process. They’ll help you find top candidate ..read more