Archive for May, 2008
Healthcare Scouts will be sponsoring and attending the CMSA’s 18th Annual Conference & Expo June 17-20, 2008
Friday, May 30th, 2008Healthcare Scouts will be sponsoring and attending the CMSA’s 18th Annual Conference & Expo in Orlando Florida at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort June 17-10, 2008. The CMSA Annual Conference is the largest case management event of the year. For nurse professionals, this year’s event will provide educational sessions designed to engage their unique abilities [...]
Healthcare Scouts 2008 Best Places to Work Award Winner
Friday, May 16th, 2008Healthcare Scouts was honored as a finalist for the Orlando Business Journals 2008 Best Places to Work Award. This year, Orlando Business Journal’s Best Places to Work competition received 211 nominations, up from 149 last year. And 7,373 of those companies’ employees participated in an employee satisfaction survey.
The survey contained 38 questions covering a range [...]
Recruiting is hard!
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008Jack Welch, the former CEO of GE was quoted: “If we don’t get the people thing right, we lose; it is the most important thing in all our businesses.” Across the board, CEOs are becoming increasingly aware that the “war for talent” is more than just a slogan, especially as it relates to licensed healthcare [...]
Healthcare Scouts recognized for charitable giving
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008Healthcare Scouts, an executive recruiting firm in Maitland that specializes in the placement of licensed health-care professionals nationwide, raised about $500 during its “Show Your Spirit” Friday on which employees could wear their favorite team jersey to work in exchange for a donation which was then matched by the company. All proceeds were donated to [...]
Improving the Discharge Process
Monday, May 5th, 2008Healthcare Scouts attended the American Case Management Association (ACMA) conference at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas April 28 – May 2. The emphasis was on improving the Discharge Process. There was an array of education and breakout sessions on strategies for enhancing the Discharge Process. Like many others, the University of Pittsburgh Medical [...]
National Nurses Week May 5-12
Monday, May 5th, 2008National Nurses Week coincides with Florence Nightingale’s birthday, May 12. Many consider Nightingale the founder of modern nursing. The history of Nurses Week began in 1953 when Dorothy Sutherland of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare sent the proposal to President Eisenhower. Healthcare Scouts salutes the 2.4 Million registered nurses in the United [...]