May 12, 2016
AMN Healthcare and Cross Country Healthcare, two of the largest US healthcare staffing firms, turned in their report cards to Wall Street last week.
Healthcare staffing Q1 earnings recap
11 May 2016
AMN Healthcare and Cross Country Healthcare, two of the largest US healthcare staffing firms, turned in their report cards to Wall Street last week.
Supplemental Health Care: Leaders step down to launch new firm, new execs named
11 May 2016
Several executives from Supplemental Health Care left the Park City, Utah-based healthcare staffing firm and launched RecruitIQ Staffing, a commercial staffing agency focusing on healthcare and non-healthcare organizations. Supplemental subsequently appointed new executives.
Maxim Healthcare names new CEO
11 May 2016
Maxim Healthcare Services Inc., the fifth-largest US healthcare staffing firm, appointed William “Bill” Butz as CEO. He replaces outgoing CEO W. Bradley Bennett, who served in that role since 2009.
Jury awards $940 million to medical software company in Tata trade secret case
11 May 2016
A jury in Wisconsin awarded medical software company Epic Systems Corp. $940 million in damages in a trade secret lawsuit against Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., an India-based IT services provider.
Advanced Medical acquires travel nurse staffing firm
11 May 2016
Advanced Medical Personnel Services Inc., a provider of allied healthcare travel staffing, acquired Rise Medical Staffing, a privately held provider of travel nurse staffing services.
OSHA cites New Jersey hospital, violations affect temp workers
11 May 2016
The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Cooper University Hospital in Camden, NJ, for safety and health violations that include failing to fit test temporary workers with the proper respirators or provide training on protocols related to exposures to blood and... More
ANA celebrates National Nurses Week
11 May 2016
National Nurses Week began March 6 and continues throughFriday, the American Nurses Association announced. The theme for the week is “Culture of safety — It starts with you.”
India lifting ban on private nurse recruitment agencies
11 May 2016
India will lift a ban on private agencies to recruit nurses for the Gulf countries that require emigration clearance, a year after it made three government agencies in Kerala and Tamil Nadu the sole recruiters for overseas appointments, Manorama reports.