Aug. 13, 2020
The volatility in healthcare staffing has been especially apparent over the last few months. However, healthcare staffing companies are optimistic about their future prospects.
Healthcare staffing: Continued volatility and factors driving the future
August 11, 2020
The volatility in healthcare staffing has been especially apparent over the last few months. However, healthcare staffing companies are optimistic about their future prospects.
Longtime healthcare staffing execs launch new firm, announce $7 million funding round
August 11, 2020
Health Advocates Network Holdings Corp., a new firm providing nonclinical staffing to healthcare organizations, announced a $7.0 million funding round.
Joulé acquires Syneos’ healthcare staffing business
August 11, 2020
Joulé, a provider of life science staffing, announced it has acquired the healthcare contingent staffing business of Morrisville, North Carolina-based Syneos.
Medical Solutions reports reorganization, workforce reduction
August 11, 2020
Medical Solutions, the fifth-largest US healthcare staffing firm, announced a reorganization and a reduction in its workforce.
Covid-19 pandemic significantly alters job market for physicians
August 11, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly altered the job market for physicians, leading to the temporary reduction of both starting salaries and practice options for doctors, according to a survey released by Merritt Hawkins, a physician search provider that is part of AMN Healthcare Services Inc. ... More
Advanced practitioners’ anxiety spikes amid pandemic
August 11, 2020
Clinicians are experiencing an increase in anxiety, according to survey results released by LocumTenens.com.
National Locum Tenens Week
August 11, 2020
This week is the fourth annual National Locum Tenens Week, aimed at recognizing the contribution of locum tenens, or temporary doctors, in the US.
Diversity and cultural inclusion in nursing — The Staffing Stream
August 11, 2020
Diversity and inclusion take on significant importance in healthcare as it affects the quality of patience care as well as the strength of the provider teams, writes Cathy Vollmer in a Staffing Stream two-part series. Vollmer is a registered nurse and VP of operations at Conexus Medstaff.
Is higher pay luring local nurses to staffing agencies? (The Monitor)
August 11, 2020
Texas State Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa is investigating whether nurses in the Rio Grande Valley are parting ways with hospitals to work for the state-contracted staffing agencies that are responding to a Covid-19 surge in the area, paying its nurses almost four times higher wages, The Monitor... More
Building back a better industry: SIA President Barry Asin
August 11, 2020
As the world grapples with the effects of the pandemic as well as the groundswell of the Black Lives Matter movement, the workforce solutions ecosystem is in a unique position to usher in great change, writes SIA president Barry Asin.
Participate in SIA’s Annual Allied Health Staffing Firm Survey
August 12, 2020
We invite you to benchmark your healthcare staffing firm against others in the allied health space by taking SIA’s 2020 Allied Health Staffing Benchmarking Survey.