Healthcare Staffing Report

Staffing platforms and automation may offer competitive edge

North American staffing firms have increased their app/platform usage in the industry to reach a record participation rate.

Analyst: Crystal Fullilove

Ingenovis Health acquired Springboard Healthcare, a healthcare travel staffing and education company headquartered in Phoenix.

Cross Country Healthcare Inc. acquired Hireup Leadership Inc., an executive search firm based in Santa Barbara, California.

Healthcare employment rises by 55,000 jobs in December, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.

Nurses get top ethics and honesty ranking for 21st year.

Firms announcing executive changes included MDstaffers, RTG Medical, Cross Country Healthcare, Ingenovis Health, American Health Staffing Group.

Pennsylvania home healthcare agency to pay $3.8 million in back wages and liquidated damages.

Healthcare staffing is broken and technology needs to be part of the plan to fix it.

More hospitals are creating in-house staffing teams to cope with the nurse shortage and high costs, according to Kaiser Health News.

Pinpointing the future of nurse staffing doesn’t require a crystal ball, but it does require a thoughtful and honest assessment of the past.