Optimizing Staff Utilization: Effective Scheduling and Deployment of Internal Resources

Friends of DirectShifts, Now more than ever, we are proud to reiterate our commitment to diversity and meaningful equity. We're doing our best to combat systems of oppression in our daily lives and via our employment opportunities. We take care to seek out providers and employers in underrepresented communities across the nation.

In the first part of this series, we described how to view your healthcare workforce as an investment towards outcomes instead of as a cost center. Focusing on dimensions like staffing flexibility, skill mix, staff preparedness, holistic administrative support and backfill strategy is our idea of smart workforce planning.

Rural hospitals and locum tenens (contract) physicians are a perfect match. These hardworking facilities and doctors have qualities that bring out the best each other has to offer.