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Medical Staffing Direct Makes Supplemental Staffing More
Cost-Effective For Medical Facilities
01/05/2004 1:31:27 PM
BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Staffing Direct (MSD) has retained TransMedia Group to inform
medical professionals about their new technology -- a revolutionary
Internet-based medical staffing exchange, providing technology solutions to
both hospitals and clinicians.
By heightening awareness among the medical community, MSD aims to reduce
hospitals' supplemental staffing costs, while offering clinicians premium
pay rates. Similar to other industries before, MSD takes the middleman out
of the transaction and puts clinicians and hospitals in direct contact with
one another.
Medical Staffing Direct allows hospitals to set the rates they are
willing to pay caregivers rather than absorb the high costs of using
supplemental staffing agencies to fill shifts. The savings for each shift
filled through the exchange represents approximately $75.00 to $100.00 for
every 12-hours worked (or a 15%-18% reduction in supplemental staffing
expenses).
At a time when hospitals need to control costs, allowing high-priced
third party staffing agencies to determine the cost of filling supplemental
staffing needs runs counter to the cost control objective. Jeff Rosenfeld,
President of MSD adds, "MSD offers an alternative to the current model,
giving hospitals pricing power in the marketplace, allowing clinicians to
make more money and choose hospitals and shifts they prefer -- ultimately
reducing the current nursing shortage in their facility."
According to TransMedia Group's President Glen Calder, no capital
investment or IT cost is required for hospitals to use the services of
Medical Staffing Direct. Additionally, MSD administers all payroll
responsibilities and follows-up on employees' credentials, making sure
employees are compliant. Because the solution is web based, no additional
software or hardware is needed to fully implement MSD's service.
Rosenfeld adds, "The hospital's internal costs associated with
requesting, verifying and confirming supplemental staffing will be reduced
by MSD's streamlined placement process. With MSD, there is only one point of
contact for both a hospital's schedulers and the clinicians who want to work
for a premium wage. This streamlining allows hospital schedulers to return
to their core competencies."
Although hospitals utilize staffing agencies to fill needs, their number
one objective is to provide a standard of healthcare. MSD is dedicated to
lowering hospitals' supplemental staffing costs and increasing clinicians'
pay rates, job satisfaction and opportunities. Visit the company's web site
at www.medicalstaffingdirect.com.
TransMedia is the largest public relations firm in Palm Beach County
serving clients worldwide since 1981.
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