As a practitioner in the healthcare field, you may find yourself lacking time to further your education and (therefore) career. This is a Catch-22 scenario, because advancing your career and expanding your skill set can allow you to provide better patient care. So you no doubt feel pulled in many different directions – being “pulled” […]
Facility directors are always looking for ways to improve their facilities and provide better care. But oftentimes, you lack time to evaluate opportunities for improvement. Do you consider yourself a great facility director? Even if you do, there are always opportunities to set yourself (and your facility) apart. Many times people think that in order […]
In the previous 2 installments of our social media series, we discussed the relevance of social media and how to protect your facility, as well as monitoring and using healthcare review sites. Our last blog post of the series discusses the opportunities facilities have with social media, and things they should keep in mind when creating a […]
As we mentioned in our first post on social media, your future patients and their caretakers are talking about your facility. Are you listening? Are you responding? Many prospective and current patients post reviews about their stay and overall experience with you on medical review sites such as Healthgrades.com, WhereToFindCare.com, HealthcareReviews.com, InformedPatientInstitute.org and others. Review sites […]
Many healthcare professionals wisely feel a bit leery of Facebook and Twitter. After all, it’s too easy to mix your professional and personal lives when/if you mention what a tough day it has been because a patient was difficult. There you have it. You just slipped a bit on the slippery slope that is patient […]
Social media is here, and if your facility isn’t embracing it, you may fall behind your competition. If you are not current with the social media scene, you better start being active now. Why? Because your patients, their caretakers, and your staff expect it. Snelling Medical Staffing understands that many facilities are unclear as to […]
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act, what kind of impact can you expect it to have on your healthcare facility? After the recent Court’s ruling, medical professionals, patients, and facilities are all wondering “how is this going to affect me?” The more proactive facilities are at understanding these changes, […]
If you’re on the hunt for reliable, professional medical staff you can count on, consider hiring veterans. Upon their release from active duty, these men and women need to find a civilian job—which means your medical facility may benefit from this need! Businesses have realized how valuable these veterans are to their companies and have […]
When you’re not “at work” with your employees (because they are, for example, home health aides or home care aides working remotely), you may find yourself a bit stressed wondering how you will monitor, motivate and communicate with them. This is very common, given the nature of the industry. However, even with the proliferation of […]
Your supervisor is short-staffed for the next shift and asks you – quite politely, actually – to stay for a few more hours. But you’re burned out. You’ve been working overtime for several days or even weeks in a row and your children greet you with blank stares as if asking “Who are you?” when […]
