Healthcare Client and Staffing Agency Collaboration in the Age of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to change the way travel nursing / healthcare support staffing agencies work with their healthcare partners. It has exposed weaknesses and areas of opportunities for growth. It has shown strength of relationships, knowledge and skills. At TotalMed, the team is working to grow and adjust where needed and build on…

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Why Facilities Need Case Managers

When it comes to increasing the value of healthcare, case managers play a key role.  As more healthcare moves towards a value-based care system, it is becoming more important than ever to improve outcomes of patients over time.  Case managers educate their patients to assist them in becoming more actively involved in their own care.…

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Communication Tips

We know it can be challenging to feel a part of the team when you are new, so we wanted to share a few quick communication tips that might help. 1. Ask your manager and team members what communication type they prefer It’s easy to assume that everyone likes to communicate the same way you…

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Dealing with Stress at Work

When work stress starts to creep in, it’s easy to try to ignore it and just plow ahead.  However, avoiding dealing with stress can cause longer term issues.  Instead of ignoring it, here are a few helpful tips to help you deal with the stress you may be experiencing. 1. Understand what is stressing you…

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Relating to Your Manager

Everyone knows that it is important to make sure you are meeting (and hopefully exceeding) your manager’s expectations. A key component to that is making sure you are “managing up” when you are on assignment.  We wanted to share with you a couple of tips to help ensure a good relationship with your manager. 1.…

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The Amazing Case Manager

Engaging and building relationships with clients and families, managing their emotional distress, comparing and evaluating different courses of actions, collaborating with providers to create plans of care, it’s no wonder we think our case managers are amazing! We know case managers play a critical role in caring for patients.  Despite the fact that there are…

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