
May 2009
In honor of National Hospital Week, Healthcare Scouts is proud to recognize all of its hospital partners for their daily dedication to patient care improving the quality of their internal teams. “Our partners are continually striving to improve patient care quality, and many understand that starts with the quality of the work environment “said Brian Hudson, [...]
April 2009
Healthcare Scouts has extended celebrations for National Nurses week to the entire month of May 2009! Healthcare Scouts will be extending retention based incentives to current client placements made in May 2009. Contributions will also be made for every candidate placed in May to charities that support Cancer and Alzheimer’s research; further recognizing Healthcare Scouts [...]
April 2009
Healthcare Scouts will be attending the CMSA’s 19th Annual Conference & Expo in Phoenix Arizona June 16-19, 2009. 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 expose you to various changes and arm you with the knowledge to make [...]
April 2009
A recent survey by the ASHP on of the Impact of the Current Economy on Pharmacy Services in Hospitals and Health Systems reports that “Pharmacy departments are being asked to do more with less while they still have to meet critical patient care needs to ensure safe and effective medication use,” said ASHP President [...]
April 2009
Healthcare Scouts would like to recognize and appreciate the thousands of Laboratory Professionals that work behind the scenes to save millions of lives each year. Healthcare Scouts would also like to recognize our Lab Division on their success in assisting Lab professionals find rewarding permanent positions nationwide with many of the nation’s premier healthcare [...]
April 2009
The March 16th edition of Fortune Magazine lists the most admired companies. We salute those clients of Healthcare Scouts and recognize the hard work and effort of the professionals in these organizations. The current national healthcare shortage makes it harder to find, recruit, and retain high-caliber licensed professionals. Healthcare Scouts, www.healthcarescouts.com, understands the increased workload [...]
March 2009
The most recent issue of Advance for Nurses, Sandy Keefe, MSN, RN and Karin Lillis dissect the State of Nursing Salaries with some very important points that both clients and candidates should be aware of. 1. As demand continues to remain high, nurses can expect higher salaries – especially those with specialty skills. 2. Education and experience pays – [...]
March 2009
Although the economic slowdown has affected overall FTE’s in many Healthcare organizations, you can rest assured that this is only temporary and demand will soon outstrip supply for qualified licensed professionals. The latest survey by the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) sees personnel shortages as a top 5 concern for 2009. Many progressive and [...]
February 2009
Tired of jumping from position to position and not knowing where or even if you will have another assignment? Over the past few months I have noticed firsthand an increase candidate request for permanent full time positions. Due to the economy and tightening of facilities budgets, contract and travel assignments are becoming few and [...]
January 2009
According to a report by the World Health Organization, cancer is expected to overtake heart disease as the world’s top killer by 2010. The number of global cancer deaths is projected to increase 45% by 2030. The aging population is one reason for the dramatic increase. At Healthcare Scouts, aging population diseases such as cancer [...]