Healthcare systems and political leaders have been sounding the call for medical professionals to offer aid during the COVID-19 health crisis. Even retired nurses and physicians have been asked to provide whatever help they can. Many have responded with selfless valor — knowing full well the kind of risks they face. Clinicians in the…
As intensity continues to build with the COVID-19 health crisis, the call for doctors and nurses has been significant. Many have responded with selfless valor, though the threat is very real. Some sources have even asked medical professionals to come out of retirement to provide support and relief from the siege of COVID-19. But…
As predicted, the COVID-19 crisis is having a considerable impact on U.S. healthcare workers and hospital leaders, who are trying to effectively care for patients, shore up personnel, and source needed equipment. In response, SimpliFi is actively participating with our client health systems and healthcare workers (both contingent and permanent) to ensure that they have…
ClariFi is the single platform solution to managing your contingent labor force, from float pool to travelers, per diem, and international workers. New for 2020, it’s mobile-enabled and highly accessible, with features like the ability to create requisitions via text message. We asked SimpliFi President James Quick about his company’s new technology and how it…
ClariFi is a brand new health system VMS built to bring all flexible labor together and reduce costs. We sat down with SimpliFi President James Quick, who answered questions about the platform and how it’s designed to help hospitals reduce contingent labor costs. What is ClariFi? ClariFi is the result of the combined effort…
SimpliFi’s Advisory Board From the left: Catharine MacLaren, Claire Zangerle, Mary Stowe, Bonnie Phipps, and Sebastien Girard. Not pictured: June Altaras In October 2019, SimpliFi executives and team members met with a specially assembled team of healthcare experts for roundtable discussions. While this elite group provides ongoing advice to SimpliFi, the goal of the…
On November 13, 2019, SimpliFi’s team released a set of travel nursing trends after comparing data from the summer of 2018 to the summer of 2019. This is what we discovered: Travel nursing increased 44% The top four growing specialties all fall within critical care, with each at an increased rate of 60% or higher…
During a Historically Flat Quarter, Travel Nursing Reliance Increases 44% NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Nov. 13, 2019 – SimpliFi, a workforce solutions company that helps health systems increase their staff of full-time RNs while effectively managing the staff needed for fluctuations in census, today shared travel nurse industry trends and statistics comparing summer 2018 to…
The New York Times reports that the U.S. leads the world in healthcare administrative costs, citing findings from a 2018 study comparing global healthcare expenditures. Why? The complexity of our healthcare system, for one, but also “hiring and managing doctors and other employees” and “maintaining information systems,” says the Times. If wasteful administrative hours were…
