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Hospitals have long struggled to build and manage internal nurse float pools effectively, often depending on manual processes and outdated tools like Excel. These practices hinder effective scheduling coordination, credential tracking, and real-time responses to staffing changes, resulting in costly, inefficient, and hard-to-scale float pool management. Sound familiar?
Have you been working in healthcare administration or nurse management for a while? If so, you probably have fond memories of when nurses came to work, sick calls were replaced, patient loads were reasonable, and overtime costs were manageable.
From patient care disruptions to increased overtime costs to regulatory concerns, ShiftMed® understands the significant challenges healthcare facilities face when nurses don’t show up for shifts. It's why we practice due diligence when recruiting and retaining reliable nursing staff for our facility partners to fill scheduling gaps on demand.
Healthcare systems and hospitals continually seek ways to enhance their operations and minimize expenses. One pivotal metric in these facilities is the Nursing Hours Per Patient Day (HPPD) goal. In this article, we will delve into what HPPD represents, underscore the significance of managing your facility's HPPD objectives, and elucidate how to effectively oversee your HPPD goal to maximize efficiency and cost reduction.
The proper classification of nursing staff is an incredibly important issue for hospitals and nursing facilities. The importance of proper classification affects not only the financial and legal standing of healthcare facilities but also the stability and rights of the nurses themselves. We explore how healthcare facilities can navigate the complexities of independent contractor status in nursing.
The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) within the healthcare industry has the ability to spearhead unprecedented levels of efficiency. AI has the potential to solve long-standing challenges that the healthcare industry has been grappling with, streamline operations, and ensure optimal matches between professionals and facilities.
More than three years have passed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our nation’s healthcare workforce is still trying to recover. Never before have hospitals, health systems, and post-acute facilities faced a national staffing emergency of this magnitude. So, what are healthcare executives doing about it?
