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What Facilities Should Know About Onboarding Travel Nurses
As demand ebbs and flows, medical facilities increasingly rely on travel nurses to plug staffing gaps, but effectively onboarding these temporary workers requires some unique considerations. This blog outlines key areas – from condensed orientation to expediting EMR access – that hospitals and clinics should focus on when integrating travel nurses to maximize their productivity.
How to Quickly Acclimate to New EMR Systems
The transition to a new electronic medical records (EMR) system can be downright frustrating for healthcare staff who have built fluency using another platform. While growing pains are inevitable when switching EMR solutions, the acclimation period doesn’t have to drag on indefinitely.
Temporary Staffing Solutions for Evolving Care Models
As healthcare shifts toward preventative, coordinated care models, temporary staffing provides workforce agility to scale new approaches. Flexible talent accelerates implementation of hospital-at-home programs, retail clinics, telehealth expansions, population health initiatives, and targeted community services without permanent hiring lags.
Medical Coders vs Billers: What’s the Difference?
Billing and coding are often conflated in healthcare administration, but in reality they require very different expertise to perform successfully. In this detailed excerpt, we outline the precise responsibilities and workflow divergences between medical coders versus medical billers that facility leaders need to recognize. Proper revenue cycle management relies on expertise in both disciplines, along with an understanding of how they complement within an overall system.
LPNs Returning to Hospitals in New Nursing Team Models
Hospital nursing teams have seen a resurgence of licensed practical nurses (LPNs) joining their ranks in recent years. Historically more likely to work in outpatient settings, LPNs offer skillsets that can complement registered nurses in helpful ways. As nurse executives deal with staffing shortage stresses, many have taken notice of the unique value LPNs bring – leading to their integration into creative workforce models.
10 Tips When Starting Your New Healthcare Job
Starting a new healthcare job comes with excitement but also many challenges as you onboard into complex systems. See 10 helpful tips for healthcare professionals who are starting a new job, and are seeking assistance in successfully transitioning into and onboarding at their new healthcare organization