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IN THIS ISSUE - Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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News
 The Outlook for Healthcare's Workforce
AMN Healthcare Unveils New Corporate
Identity, Aligns Services
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Features
The Quality Staff You Don’t See
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Staffing Matters
7 Things That Will Change How You Deliver
Healthcare in 2010
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The Outlook for Healthcare's Workforce
By Jennifer Larson, contributor
It goes without saying that you can't provide healthcare or run a hospital or clinic without staff. And yet, experts predict that shortages of healthcare personnel will continue and perhaps even worsen over the next few years. Healthcare Briefings delves into the factors putting a strain on the healthcare workforce, and talks to industry experts about the need for creative strategies to fill these vacancies and deliver patient care.
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AMN Healthcare Unveils New Corporate Identity, Aligns Services
In an effort to more effectively symbolize its position as the leader in the healthcare staffing and management services industry and the unique strength of its interconnecting service offerings, AMN Healthcare announced that it has launched a new corporate brand identity.
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The Quality Staff You Don’t See
By Melissa Wirkus, associate editor
Worried about the qualifications of your temporary clinical staff? You don’t have to be. Meet the quality professionals tasked with upholding industry standards
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7 Things That Will Change How You Deliver Healthcare in 2010
By Marcia Faller, RN, MSN, executive vice president and chief clinical officer, AMN Healthcare
As 2010 unfolds, healthcare providers are faced with major changes, many of which are governed by outside forces. Are you ready to withstand the changing winds? Read on for seven key issues to watch in the coming year and suggestions on how to deal with them.
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AMN in the News
California is implementing a new law that requires HMOs in the state to set physician appointments within a limited number of days. The following Los Angeles Times article provides more information about the law and cites data from the 2009 Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times, conducted by Merritt Hawkins, an AMN Healthcare company. >> Read more
Staff Care, AMN’s locum tenens staffing company, is featured in the December 2009 issue of LocumLife magazine. The article references Staff Care’s 2009 Survey of Temporary Physician Staffing Trends and illustrates how the use of locum tenens physicians remains robust. >> Read more Steven J. Smith, MD, was recently named the 2009 Country Doctor of the Year by Staff Care, and has been recognized by several national publications including USA TODAY. The award is presented each year to a physician who best exemplifies the spirit, skill and dedication of America's rural medical practitioners. >> Read more
Eric Casazza, president of Med Travelers, AMN’s allied healthcare professional staffing company, wrote an article for ADVANCE for Radiation & Imaging Oncology magazine that takes a look back at the industry in 2009, and gives a glance into the future of diagnostic imaging in 2010. >> Read more
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