As fall comes into full swing, we want to help you understand your fall respiratory symptoms (fever, dry cough, aches & pains, and more) and see if they are common with conditions such as the flu, seasonal allergies, the common cold or COVID-19. Take a look below to learn more!

Summit: Rising to the Challenges of 2020 is coming!  

Come join Jim Davis and other incredible panelists who will be discussing the evolving VMS MSP healthcare staffing landscape. Join us October 27-28 as this year's event brings you the conversations, up-to-the-minute insights and essential updates that are critical in today’s significantly changed world!

According to a recent Staffing Industry Analysts article and as we have personally experienced in our industry, COVID-19 has driven disparity in healthcare staffing demand. Read an excerpt from the article below to learn more about how COVID-19 was both the most noted driver of staffing demand and the most noted constraint on demand, according to the survey.

On Wednesday, October 28^th, Jim Davis, SVP, MSP Operations and Strategic Accounts, HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, will be a panelist at the 2020 Staffing Industry Analysts Healthcare Staffing Summit speaking about “Next Generation Healthcare VMS and MSP: What’s in it for me?”

The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics (B

LS) 2020 Hiring Situation revealed that 661,000 jobs were created during the month of September. The unemployment rate edged down to 7.9% last month. Bars and restaurants added the most jobs in September (200,000), followed by retail, health care and white-collar businesses. The U.S. has recovered about 11.4 million jobs since the recovery got underway in May. 

Although the healthcare sector added 57,600 jobs in September, hospitals lost 6,400 jobs last month. Healthcare job growth was driven by large gains in ambulatory care settings, which added 52,800 jobs in September. The healthcare unemployment rate in September was 4.5%, with 2.0% unemployment in hospital settings.

This professional recognition program celebrates the most innovative and effective learning programs to train, upskill, and reskill temporary and contract employees across the U.S. Awards and honorable mention distinctions are conferred in award classes by company revenue. 

We are pleased to announce that our StaRN and StarTECH programs were honored with a 2020 American Staffing Association ELEVATE Award. This national awards program recognizes the most innovative and effective work-based learning programs to train, upskill, and reskill temporary and contract employees.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) August 2020 Hiring Situation, nearly 1.4 million jobs were added to payrolls last month as the economic recovery continues on. The unemployment rate also continued to decline, dipping to 8.4% in August from 10.2% in July. These improvements in the labor market reflect the continued resumption of economic activity that had been curtailed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and efforts to contain it.

Unfortunately we have experienced a few issues with our latest code release that has impacted our staffing partners last week. Accurate and timely processing of transactions for our Vendor Partners is a top priority for us. We apologize that we have impacted your use of Workforce 2.0 and your downstream internal processes. We are working to resolve all issues as soon as possible.

We are pleased to share that the Phase I of the MSP Program for Albany Medical Center is now live.

Albany Medical Center is a single facility hospital located in Albany, NY. Effective today, August 10, 2020, they will begin to engage with HealthTrust Workforce Solutions as their Managed Services Provider (MSP) to support consistent protocols for initiating and managing their clinical line of business needs via Workforce 2.0 VMS.

HCA Healthcare East Florida Division (NYSE:HCA), today announced that it has received a donation of 2,800 face shields from Bombardier Aviation, a global leader in the design, manufacturing and entry into service of cutting edge business jets. The shields were delivered to Fort Lauderdale International Airport aboard a Global 7500 aircraft and were transported to HCA’s Supply Chain distribution center. The materials will then be distributed to HCA’s 15-affiliated facilities across East Florida.