With Care Logistics’ Care Progression solution, your care teams can more effectively work toward a common care plan and length-of-stay goal for each patient. Staff can readily identify patients who aren’t progressing as expected and reasons why, giving teams confidence that progression barriers are being addressed proactively. Nursing units provide timely, quality patient care which…
VHHA Shared Services’ supplemental staffing program this week announced a name change to Qualivis (formerly Healthcare Staffing Services), a subsidiary of South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA) Solutions. At this month’s Healthcare Staffing Solutions (HSS) 2018 Roundtable event in South Carolina, HSS introduced Qualivis, a new name and a new vision for a new company dedicated…
To further assist VHHA members with staffing shortages and increasing recruitment costs, VHHA Shared Services and HospitalCareers.com are pleased to offer a cost-effective recruitment solution that helps combat workforce shortages, reduces third-party agencies, and replaces ineffective forms of advertising by providing a direct link to quality health care professionals. By using HospitalCareers.com, hospital recruiters can…
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) recently published the first major study comparing outcomes achieved by locum tenens physicians to those achieved by non-locum tenens physicians. The study found that mortality rates achieved by both types of physicians were virtually identical, while locum tenens physicians achieved significantly lower hospital readmission rates. Staff Care,…
Becker’s Hospital Review recently posted an article based on a new Merritt Hawkins white paper –Physician Supply Considerations: The Emerging Shortage of Medical Specialists. The article includes several data points regarding the emerging shortage of specialist physicians. Merritt Hawkins, the nation’s leading physician search firm for more than 30 years, partners with hospitals, medical groups,…
The Nov. 27 deadline to have a fully compliant Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) system in place came and went last month. Still, market research suggests many hospitals are relying on wholesaler portals for DSCSA compliance. Based on the complexity of the DSCSA requirements, however, taking that approach alone may not be enough to…
Endorsed by VHHA Shared Services, Care Logistics helps hospitals optimize the prioritization and allocation of inpatient services. With Order Logistics software and processes, Care Logistics clients benefit from real time tracking of all current and planned individual patient clinical activity, room assignments, admission and discharge times, and movements. Some specific enhancements include: Patient services (lab,…
Early next month, NAVEOS and VHHA Shared Services are offering a complimentary webinar: “Worksheet S-10 is Here to Stay – What Happens to My Uncompensated Care Payment Now?” The webinar will be held Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. EST. Interested participants can register through this link. This live webinar will focus on preparing for the…
More and more consumers visit retail clinics, urgent care centers, and freestanding emergency departments to seek medical care when and where they want it. To get a fix on what’s driving this trend, and what it means for your organizational strategy, VHHA members are invited to join the Nov. 9 (1 p.m. EST) webinar: Retailization…
Earlier this month, Equifax Inc. announced a cybersecurity breach impacting approximately 143 million U.S. consumers. This breach, one of the largest on record, enables hackers to access personal information such as: names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, driver’s license numbers, and credit card information. Data breaches of this size and scale can be debilitating….
