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Welcome to Staffing Matters, featuring chief clinical officer and staffing expert, Marcia Faller, RN, MSN. This monthly column hosted in Healthcare Briefings takes you the heart of key issues facing hospital executives, administrators and other healthcare leaders. From the nursing shortage to cost/benefit analysis to healthcare reform and beyond, Ms. Faller will hit on the hot button topics of the day, while considering solutions for tomorrow. Read on and then let us know your thoughts on the topic. This interactive column provides an opportunity for you to comment on Ms. Faller’s point of view and share your own.

Please send all emails to marcia.faller@amnhealthcare.com.

Latest Staffing Matters

Safety and Savings: The Value of More Staff Time with Patients

January 31, 2012 - We’ve all heard the expression that “Time is money.” This rings true in industry and in healthcare in regards to the importance of overall efficiency. But a clinician’s time with patients can mean more than that--it can literally mean the difference between life and death, or between a good outcome and a bad one.

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Staff Care Selects Keith Morrow, DOS, 2011 Country Doctor of the Year

January 9, 2012 - When an E-F5 tornado devastated the town of Hackleburg, Ala., including both his medical offices, Dr. Keith Morrow, DOS, continued to do what he has done for over 25 years--treat patients and serve as a pillar of his community.

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New Survey Finds Medical Residents Have ‘Buyer’s Remorse’

October 25, 2011 - For medical residents about to complete their training, it appears that now is both the best of times and the worst of times to be entering the job market.

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Do You Know the Country Doctor of the Year?

October 4, 2011 - Do you know a great country doctor?  The kind of physician who still makes house calls and accepts the occasional apple pie or roast turkey for a fee? 

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ACOs: It’s All About the Doctor

September 14, 2011 - In the months since CMS released its proposed accountable care organization (ACO) regulations, a growing chorus of policy makers, health association leaders and others have shared their views on why ACOs won’t work – or at least why they will be problematic as currently conceived.

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