A Modern Approach to Clinician Float Pools can Address Rising Labor Costs and Promote Patient Safety. Surging healthcare labor costs are the primary cause for spending growth in hospital patient care. In their annual Cost of Caring report, the American Hospital Association notes, "Hospitals' labor expenses... are up 20.8% from 2019 to 2022....

Ensuring your healthcare facility is staffed with highly professional, quality-driven individuals can be daunting. Working with locum tenens providers has proven to be a beneficial solution for many hospitals and health systems; however, recent trends suggest that healthcare executives would like to reduce their reliance on these premium providers.

Reducing Reliance on Travel Nurses through Community-Focused Recruitment and Marketing. The current state of the healthcare labor market puts hospitals and health systems in a precarious situation. On the one hand, health systems and hospitals want to reduce their reliance on travel nursing labor in favor of permanent hires.

Despite the fact that technology has made our lives easier, one area it appears we have not optimized is healthcare. Currently there is a staffing shortage in hospitals in the United States, particularly in the nursing profession. This shortage has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to increased demand for healthcare services and increased burnout among healthcare workers.

It's a future that's been predicted for over a decade, but the past few years have proved its dimensionality and importance in our daily lives. Only 15% of Americans with disabilities are able to use digital technology. In fact, it is estimated that in 2023, 52% of devices will be digital. The digital world is the future ecosystem of healthcare. Its potential to transform how we live, and work has been underestimated for years.

The healthcare community is recognizing the power of nurses, and they are aspiring to new heights. Medical schools are producing more graduates qualified to practice nursing, but they often do not stay in the field of nursing. In 2003, U.S. News & World Report recognized that a shortage of trained nurses existed across all specialties and subspecialties, including critical care and pediatrics.