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Managing spend on locum tenens and other temporary medical labor is a critical concern for healthcare executives, especially during surges in demand for medical services.

It’s possible to cut healthcare staffing costs while maintaining patient care. Recommendations include eliminating or limiting overtime, making more competent hires, reducing turnover, streamlining employee workflow, hiring temporary workers, and utilizing vendor management systems and other technologies.

The nation’s lack of nurses has been caused by scarce educational resources, a retiring workforce, aging population, overworked nurses, and an increase in career opportunities.

A nursing staff deficit can lead to higher mortality rates, an increase in hospital readmissions, and nurse burnout. Ringo VMS can help.

The Ringo VMS helps nurse managers improve efficiencies by providing the tools to streamline workflows, hire qualified vendor-matched candidates, automate credentialing, and easily manage electronic timesheets.

Nurse and physician shortages are expected to intensify throughout the next decade. Locum tenens and VMS technology improves patient care, staff engagement, and efficiencies.

By 2030, America's largest generation of living adults, the Boomers, will have funneled into retirement age—including nurses and physicians. Contingent labor helps mitigate the heightened demand for healthcare workers, but there aren't enough industry graduates available to replenish the workforce.

Learn how RINGO's vendor management system and hospital management software can give you the ability to track and control spending on temporary labor at your healthcare company.