July 17, 2014 Healthcare Staffing Report Explore Is healthcare staffing insulated from the risks posed by artificial intelligence and robotics? Healthcare hiring pace to decelerate, survey says July 16, 2014 Healthcare hiring is expected to increase this year but at a slower pace than last year, according to background check firm HireRight's Health Care Spotlight, a subset of its annual Employment Screening Benchmark Survey.Click to find out more Jackson Healthcare acquires Michigan firm July 16, 2014 Jackson Healthcare, the third-largest U.S. healthcare staffing firm, acquired Michigan-based Sullivan Healthcare Consulting. The transaction closed June 26; terms were not disclosed.Sullivan Healthcare, a 40-year-old company, provides interim staffing as well as management and consulting services to hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers in the U.S.Click to find out more Cross Country completes MSN acquisition July 16, 2014 Cross Country Healthcare Inc. (NASD: CCRN) completed its $48 million acquisition of Medical Staffing Network. The deal was announced June 2."This acquisition increases Cross Country's branch network and market share, diversifies our customer base and brings us new service lines," said Cross Country President and CEO William Grubbs.Click to find out more Accountable acquires Chicago healthcare staffing firm July 16, 2014 Accountable Healthcare Staffing Inc. acquired MedAscend, its tenth acquisition to date. MedAscend is a Chicago-based healthcare staffing firm that provides physicians, advanced practice and allied health staffing solutions throughout the United States.The transaction closed July 7; terms were not disclosed.MedAscend operates one office, in Chicago, and will rebrand into Accountable within the next 90 days.Click to find out more Metz&Baum merges with Source One July 16, 2014 Source One Healthcare Professionals Inc. has joined forces with Dallas/Fort Worth-based staffing firm Metz&Baum Healthcare Professionals. The firms described the transaction as a merger.Source One, headquartered in Tennessee, provides healthcare staffing to all clinical specialty areas of healthcare facilities. Its brands include O.R.Click to find out more Staffing firm lists 20 most beautiful hospitals July 16, 2014 The most beautiful hospital is McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, Utah, according to Soliant Health's 2014 ranking of the 20 most beautiful U.S.Soliant, a healthcare staffing division of Adecco, turned to hospital staff, patients and others for help choosing the most beautiful hospitals.Click to find out more Travelers Haven secures new vendor partnerships; reduces staffing firms’ housing costs — Sponsor Content July 16, 2014 Travelers Haven, the largest supplier of temporary housing to the healthcare industry in the nation, recently secured new agreements with housing suppliers representing more than 90 locations nationwide.Click to find out more Finding new solutions to an old healthcare staffing problem — Staffing Stream July 16, 2014 Healthcare still struggle with the disparity between client need and candidate availability, writes Mike Gianas in The Staffing Stream.Click to find out more Is healthcare staffing insulated from the risks posed by artificial intelligence and robotics? Andrew Braswell | July 16, 2014 Though not all of us are ready to welcome our new robot overlords, it would behoove us at least to prepare for their arrival.Click to find out more