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One of the many challenges that the Covid-19 crisis launched at the healthcare industry was that of recruitment. As the pandemic reached its peak levels, the shortage of healthcare workers and the inability of health facilities to hire medical professionals became glaring.
With at least 188 countries rolling out vaccination programs against Covid-19, some countries have issued or are actively considering implementing a vaccine passport system to help open up international and domestic travel. In the United States, although states have been divided over the ethicality of vaccine passports, some states have already adopted the system, hoping that it might contain any further spread of the virus.
When onboarding a locums clinician, you'll want training to be effective in a short period of time. Locums providers won't need to know everything about your worksite. However, introducing them to your team and procedures is crucial. A thoughtful welcome will help your permanent team and patients, along with your new hire.
As one of the earliest pandemic hot spots in the country, NYC hospitals had to find ways to reduce fixed costs while managing historic levels of demand. In these unprecedented times for healthcare, one response is surprisingly normal. Hospitals are responding to COVID-19 like any other employer.
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.
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