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As we approach another holiday season, it’s important to remember the difficulties and complications that can arise with scheduling staff around the holidays, especially when it comes to incorporating union rules and ensuring employees have adequate time to recuperate. Long hours and unpredictable schedules contribute to burnout among healthcare workers, which affects both employees and […]

In 2022, it was announced that an overhaul of proficiency testing (PT) measures would go into effect on July 11th of 2024 and will be implemented in labs in January of 2025. This update will mark the first significant update since 1992 and promises to bring many changes to how laboratory and health organizations handle

Maintaining laboratory compliance is crucial to ensure accurate test results, patient safety, and adherence to regulatory standards such as CLIA. Two of the top deficiencies identified by CMS surveys in 2023 are personnel competency assessment policies (D5209) and the evaluation of proficiency testing performance (D5217). Maintaining compliance with CLIA standards helps laboratories avoid citations, ensures operational reliability,

Crafting a Robust Scheduling Solution Amid a Diminishing Workforce At StaffReady we specialize in clinical workforce management and our close collaboration with schedulers in clinical settings gives us unique insights into emerging trends. One trend, particularly impacting pharmacies, is the challenge of scheduling with a shrinking labor pool. This issue has grown so prevalent that