Five articles in the last week from the world of healthcare staffing and technology.
- Healthcare Online Job Postings Up in September
- Key takeaway: With RN openings outnumbering job seekers by more than two to one according to a report, practitioners are in high demand.
- What the Freelance Surge Means to You
- Key takeaway: More and more people are working in a self-employed capacity, as independent contracts, temps, etc. This has far-reaching implications for employment agencies and there are questions that your agency must answer to best serve these workers.
- What’s Holding Back Health IT Innovation?
- Key takeaway: According to this article, healthcare is holding itself back due to its complexity and old, entrenched practices. It’s interesting in an industry that needs to cut costs that innovation often suffers when it could be a vehicle toward bottom line savings.
- Hospitals with higher nursing standards safer for patients
- Key takeaway: As we’ve talked about before on this blog, the quality of care is closely tied to the staffing standards your facility sets.
- Hospitals layoffs on the rise
- Key takeaway: While employment reports suggest healthcare is a bright spot in a gloomy economy in terms of growth, that has been more attributable to non-acute care settings and hospitals may be moving toward more mass layoffs. Hospitals could turn to temporary workers to fill the void in staffing.
