As a division of SCHA, our mission is to serve members by providing solutions to “pain points,” those day-to-day operational problems and challenges that come with running a top-quality healthcare facility. Our goal is to be the top-of-mind, first-call resource for healthcare leaders looking for ways to ease their pain. For more information, visit Solvent Networks, follow us on Linked In or watch our video HERE! Please also continue to monitor SCHA’s COVID-19 webpage for the latest updates.
Rural Healthcare Facing Mounting Physician Recruitment Challenges
Rural healthcare organizations are facing ever-mounting financial, recruitment and patient care challenges in the “new normal.” Fortunately, the next wave of financial help is on the way. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced last week that $4 billion in COVID-19 relief funds were being released to safety-net hospitals, with $1 billion of that for 500 specialty rural hospitals, urban hospitals with certain rural designations from Medicare, as well as hospitals in smaller metro areas. HHS approximates that payments will range from $100,000 to $4.5 million for rural designated providers.
Clearly, this is good news for rural health facilities that are facing an uptick in COVID-19 cases, many of which were already financially struggling. Financial concerns aside, proper staffing planning is also key to providing adequate access to care, so the key going forward will be for rural healthcare administrators to continue to find innovative ways to attract physicians to their facilities. Let’s frame the issues impacting rural physician recruitment and outline a few strategies for success. Read more HERE.
Simply Your Healthcare Staffing and Build a Better Workplace
Qualivis is a national provider of healthcare workforce solutions that works to simplify and help hospitals build a better workplace to improve patient care. SCHA and 20 other state hospital associations rely on Qualivis when hospitals need access to travelers.
Demand for ICU RNs as a percentage of total demand increased by 143%, from end of February 2020 through the beginning of August 2020. Demand for ICU RNs decreased by 18% over the last 4 weeks, and currently accounts for 24.1% of overall travel market demand.
Demand for Tele, Step Down, PCU as a total percentage of demand decreased by 59% from 2/24 to 6/08. Since then, demand steadily increased and peaked on 7/06 at 29.2% of demand. Today it currently accounts for 24.6% of overall travel market demand.
To learn more about Qualivis, contact Sherry Kolb at skolb@qualivis.com
AIS Reports Clients Using CARES Funds to Convert Documents and Promote Remote Productivity
Advanced Imaging Systems can assist in the total life-cycle of your company’s document work flow. From start to finish, AIS can help you become more efficient and effective. Partners of AIS are using portions of their allocated funds provided by the $2 trillion CARES Act to convert their documents, ensuring remote connectivity for their employees during this uncertain time. This one-time funding source allows you to keep your staff and community safe and productive. Funding must be utilized by December 31, 2020.
Benefits Include:
• Remote Access: Your employees can service your citizens’ needs remotely.
• Disaster Recovery: If there was a disaster to your office and files within, what would be the impact on your organization?
• Instant Access to Critical Information: Having access to all of your organization’s most essential data allows your organization to make critical business decisions while offering incredible service internally and externally.
• Improve Security: Put processes in place to ensure every document is secure with permission rights to who has access to what document and from where. Digital footprints should be the standard within your organization.
Hospitals needing to provide access to documents for staff working off-site can contact AIS at 800.365.1038 or Richard Ouzts at richardo@aisimc.com.
Contact Solvent Networks to set up a meeting with any of our endorsed partners or SCHA corporate sponsors. We’re here for the health of your business.
