Clinical Services in Healthcare: When to Outsource & When Not To

By : | June 20, 2018

Clinical Services in Healthcare: When to Outsource & When Not To

One of the hardest decisions that a healthcare leader has to make is when to outsource clinical services. Hospitals that have to pay for clinical services at the same time...
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Key Takeaways: Locum Tenens Webinar

By : | June 15, 2018

Key Takeaways: Locum Tenens Webinar

Key takeaways from recent webinar on Dialysis coming soon! A large percentage of a hospitals overall cost structure is comprised of staffing and related payroll. Yet, the outsourced staffing industry...
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Market Analysis: Dialysis

By : | May 31, 2018

Market Analysis: Dialysis

Dialysis is a necessary procedure that allows nearly 500,000 patients in the United States with kidney failure the opportunity to live normal, productive lives. The treatment removes waste, salt, and...
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Using Purchase Orders to Cut Wasteful Healthcare Spending

By : | May 22, 2018

Using Purchase Orders to Cut Wasteful Healthcare Spending

Healthcare spending in the United States is the stuff of legenda massive expenditure that only grows bigger each and every year. According to the National Health Expenditure Accounts (NHEA), U.S....
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Your Hospital Should Regularly Audit Purchased Services Vendors. Here’s Why.

By : | May 8, 2018

Your Hospital Should Regularly Audit Purchased Services Vendors. Here’s Why.

If you’re responsible for leading a healthcare system, you already know that numerous vendors are required to ensure operations run smoothly. There are the various medical device suppliers physicians depend...
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Shackled to Spreadsheets: The Growing Costs of Healthcare RFPs

By : | April 6, 2018

Shackled to Spreadsheets: The Growing Costs of Healthcare RFPs

Healthcare is notorious for long, crawling purchase cycles, and no process better demonstrates that than an “RFP.” Used to compare and evaluate vendor products and services, this approach was once...
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Category Deep Dive Locum Tenens: Are You Realizing Savings in this Purchased Service?

By : | March 2, 2018

Category Deep Dive Locum Tenens: Are You Realizing Savings in this Purchased Service?

To ensure there’s no disruption to patient care or billable services, covering open, or even absent, healthcare positions is critical. According to Select International, a position vacancy for one physician...
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Category Snapshot Staffing: A Big Opportunity for Cost-Containment

By : | March 2, 2018

Category Snapshot Staffing: A Big Opportunity for Cost-Containment

  A report by Kaufman, Hall & Associates revealed that the number of hospital mergers and acquisitions increased 55%, from 66 announced in 2010, to 102 in 2016.[1] Last year...
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Stop Dreading Team Purchasing Decisions

By : | February 10, 2018

Stop Dreading Team Purchasing Decisions

I heard a story last week that instantly took me back to my consulting days. Picture this: a fully staffed Command Center. Upwards of 2,000 support tickets logged; over 1,200...
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