Conference Explores ‘Rising to the Challenges of 2020’
Mountain View, California — October 1, 2020 — Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) has announced the full agenda and keynote sessions for the 2020 Healthcare Staffing Summit: Rising to the Challenges of 2020, taking place in a ground-breaking and highly interactive virtual format and exploring what’s ahead for one of staffing’s strongest sectors in recent years following a decade of consistent growth. This event is particularly crucial given the current health crisis and global uncertainties.
The annual Healthcare Staffing Summit, now in its 18th year, welcomes leaders from across the healthcare staffing industry to generate insights, strategies and a best practices approach to the ever-changing demands of this varied and diverse segment. The Summit features opportunities for driving growth through expert speakers, thought leadership, valuable networking and interactive sessions specific to the strategic and tactical needs of firms focused on per diem nursing, allied health, travel nursing and locum tenens, among other segments.
After a long period of expansion, the COVID-19 pandemic has shaken up the US healthcare staffing market, impacting essential workers on the frontline in the fight against the pandemic as well as providers who have seen outbreaks around the country affect the delivery of and demand for care in numerous ways. This year’s conference takes on the theme Rising to the Challenges of 2020 as the market continues headlong into a significantly changed world where it plays a central role in supplying personnel to diagnose and treat coronavirus infections; advance infrastructures that support a range of health systems, points of care and delivery methods; and who serve our communities and populations in urgent, chronic and elective care settings.
Barry Asin, SIA President and SIA’s Tony Gregoire, Custom Research Director, deliver The Outlook for Healthcare Staffing in a conference opening keynote session that provides a detailed update on industry trends amidst the unfolding pandemic, and present a compelling discussion on what the healthcare staffing market will look like going forward.
Healthcare Leader, CEO, Physician, Strategist and Technologist Dr. David Friend walks through some of the most important developments taking place in the backdrop of the healthcare industry and how health systems and other customers of healthcare staffing firms are responding to the COVID-19 crisis, on top of the significant changes that had already been taking place in their environment, as he shares Key Trends in the Healthcare Industry.
Expert Economic Forecaster and Former Chief Economist for CNBC, Dr. Marci Rossell draws on history, theory and her ringside seat to Wall Street as she delivers The Outlook for the US Economy and discusses the significance of current events in a comprehensive and candid keynote that looks at industry impact and what lies ahead in 2021.
What Now? Healthcare Staffing Leaders Adjust to a New Environment: SIA President Barry Asin moderates a conference concluding keynote conversation on the evolution of the healthcare staffing industry amid recent and ongoing shifts driven by the number of insured, new payment models, innovations in technology and a more consolidated landscape of health systems, as well as the effects of the pandemic, with panelists and top leaders Scott Beck, CEO, CHG Healthcare, Kevin C. Clark, President & CEO, Cross Country Healthcare and Susan Salka, President & CEO, AMN Healthcare.
“We are looking forward to connecting the industry at this critical time, and to bringing us all together to engage and share perspectives, insights and ideas on the unprecedented challenges of 2020 and the road ahead,” said Barry Asin, SIA President. “We are incredibly excited and proud to welcome our speakers, sponsors and healthcare staffing executives to this year’s conference for a premier lineup of keynote presentations, SIA’s latest research, cutting-edge insights, live analysis, expert-led panel discussions, and more in a state-of-the-art virtual conference setting. If you’ve attended the Healthcare Staffing Summit in the past, you will want to be sure to join us for this important and pivotal year; if you have not attended previously, now is your chance to join other leaders and executives as the industry faces the enormity of the current health crisis and sets a course for 2021 and beyond.”
In addition to the keynote lineup, the conference includes Moderated Roundtable Discussions, thought-provoking Concurrent Sessions, 1:1 meetings, organized networking, coverage of industry trends and strategic perspectives on healthcare-related topics.
Healthcare Staffing Summit:Rising to the Challenges of 2020 will be held October 27-28, 2020.
For more information and registration, visit www.healthcarestaffingsummit.com | @hcstaffsummit.
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