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Providers identify the top benefits of working in rural healthcare [infographic]

Doctors and advanced practitioners say the lower cost of living, more time with patients and better work-life balance are the most attractive qualities of working in rural healthcare by Intelliworx It’s no secret that rural healthcare faces many challenges including recruiting and retention. The question that stands out is: What can hospital and healthcare leaders do about it? We conducted a short survey of 107 U.S. providers to find out earlier this year. Every online survey is by definition “self-selecting” so we paid an independent research panel to solicit responses to ensure the veracity of responses. Here’s what providers said are the top benefits of working in rural healthcare: 47% said the lower cost of living; 46% said more time with patients; and 45% said better work-life balance. There are additional benefits too that should not be overlooked: 31% said slower pace of rural life; 23% said job security; 17% […]

Modernizing financial disclosure through digital transformation strengthens ethical integrity and trust in government

Modernizing financial disclosure through digital transformation strengthens trust in government (Federal News Network)

Government ethics reviewers are drowning in paper when it comes to financial disclosure, and it’s costing taxpayers. Paper and no-frills digital forms make filing disclosures on time difficult for busy officials. For ethics teams, manually reviewing massive volumes of forms leads to missed details and struggles to meet deadlines. Moving ethics financial disclosure to modern, secure, cloud-based, best-in-breed technology is more than a solid organizational and time-saving idea. Embracing these technologies is essential to preventing future ethical breaches and safeguarding public trust. Read the full post here: Financial disclosure is a deserving target for the government’s digital transformation (Federal News Network)

10 government ethics best practices for conflict review and financial disclosure

These tips can help government ethics offices streamline the processes for ensuring financial disclosure filings are complete, accurate, and on time Every government worker who is in a position to make final decisions or take actions that “will have a direct and substantial economic effect on the interests of any non-federal entity” is required to fill out an annual financial disclosure form. The purpose is simple – to eliminate any conflict of interest – or even the appearance of a potential conflict of interest. Yet not every ethics office navigates the financial disclosure season in the same way. We’ve seen it firsthand working with nearly 40 different government agencies, in recent years, to assist with more than a half million financial disclosure forms. Our experience in this area has given us a good view of which processes work well – and which ones need improvement. Below are a handful of […]

How nursing leaders are tackling recruiting and retention amid burnout and shortages

Survey of nursing managers shows many are leaning on contingency staffing talent to bridge the staffing gap near-term while improving processes and adding tech over the long-term by Intelliworx® Nurses are the backbone of the U.S. healthcare system. Hospitals and clinics around the nation simply could not run without them. This means the role of managing a team of nurses is an important job – and one that seems to be getting harder all the time. A recent survey of nursing leaders by the staffing firm AMN Healthcare illustrates this notion in detail. It’s among the most challenging jobs in healthcare, wrote one nursing leader in response to an open-ended question: “It is one of the most difficult jobs in the entire hospital! You have to be a liaison between nursing, medical services, housekeeping, engineering, grounds, nutrition, social work, physical therapy, finance, supply chain, patients, their families all while keeping […]

Troubleshooting what went wrong with FAFSA – and how to fix it

Digital modernization is harder than it sounds; here’s what we believe went wrong and how we think this could be prevented in the future by Intelliworx® Note: Our intent here isn’t to criticize the government or another solution provider trying to help the government, but to contribute to an important conversation about what happened. Just like an after-action review (AAR) in the military, nobody can solve a problem if we’re all too afraid to talk about the realities in public. To that end, we’ve done our best to describe suggestions in a positive fashion. Intelliworx has helped some 30 federal agencies transform hundreds of government forms. We don’t just turn paper forms into digital copies like PDFs, we transform the whole business process making it better and easier for everyone involved. We have a special interest in education too. This is because we’ve helped the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) […]

Survey: 45% of healthcare providers will refuse a job offer if the recruiting experience is poor

Providers say the most attractive qualities of working in a rural healthcare facility are lower cost of living, more time with patients and better work-life balance by Intelliworx When it comes to recruiting providers, healthcare facilities don’t get a second chance to make a good first impression. That’s one high-level finding of a 5-question snap survey of 107 U.S. healthcare providers we just fielded. This matters because healthcare is already facing a talent shortage. The matter is even more acute in rural facilities because the available talent pool is smaller and shrinking as the Baby Boomer Generation retires. Rural facilities will have to work harder to attract talent. There is room for optimism too though. Providers also shared what they see as the benefits of working for a rural facility. The fact is many providers are attracted to the medical community out of a sense of compassion for humanity. It’s […]

A Porter’s Five Forces Analysis for Provider Talent in Rural Healthcare

Direct competition from urban hospitals is just one factor among many that make up the competitive landscape for provider talent by Intelliworx The renowned economist Michael E. Porter first published his “Five Forces” framework for analyzing competitive markets in the Harvard Business Review (HBR) in 1979. Porter’s Five Forces, provides a sound way to analyze the competitive landscape necessary to develop a winning strategy. The fact that Porter refers to a landscape is telling. Competitors are just one factor in a competitive landscape. Porter realized that competition stems from more than just rival products – but also the actions of customers, partners and even new technology. Perhaps to emphasize this point, Dr. Porter updated the framework in 2008 and republished it in HBR. He also offered this explanation to go along with it: “In essence, the job of the strategist is to understand and cope with competition. Often, however, managers […]

7 financial disclosure tools government ethics shops need to streamline conflict review

Agencies review tens of thousands of financial disclosure forms from civil servants every year, here’s how 39 agencies have made things easier for their ethics offices by Intelliworx Every year ethics offices around the government face a time crunch during the financial disclosure period. That’s when lawyers and compliance officials sort through tens of thousands of disclosure forms submitted by civil servants looking for conflicts of interest. While only the most senior government employees are typically required to do this, it still amounts to hundreds of thousands of forms. In the last six years, Intelliworx has helped 39 government ethics offices process more than half a million financial disclosure forms. Why are we involved? We built a software platform that not only digitizes financial disclosure forms (including OGE-450 and OGE-278) but also digitizes the entire process – from data collection to review and approval. That makes it easier for civil […]

The 7 trends rural healthcare recruiters must navigate in 2024

The demand for healthcare continues to outpace as the supply of providers shrinks. The recruiting of physicians and nurse practitioners has become more challenging. That’s according the Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives, by AMN Healthcare (formerly Merritt Hawkins). The infographic nearby depicts data from the 30th annual study is based on data stemming from 2,676 providers that AMN has placed into permanent positions over a one-year period. The most recent study identified seven trends that rural healthcare recruiters must navigate in 2024 and are as follows:

The 7 common challenges digitizing federal application processes solves

More agencies are digitizing forms and processes because it’s a cost-effective way for the government to deliver a higher quality of service and benefits to citizens by Intelliworx The key to the federal government’s digital transformation is to keep the big picture in mind. So wrote our CEO Rob Hankey in a recent article contributed to FEDweek. Digitizing a single form is relatively straightforward, he noted. The hard part is mapping the data collected on these forms to the larger business process and workflow. The management of applications – or application management – is a good example. Citizens must apply for a range of government benefits, authorizations, and services at different times in their lives. This ranges from obtaining a passport and requesting student loans – to securing permits to use federal land and applying for federal housing grants. There are a lot of good reasons for the renewed enthusiasm […]

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