By Sherry Kolb, RN - President of Qualivis, a KHA Solutions Group Affinity Partner

When you think of a hospital, you think of a safe space – a place to go to recover from illness or heal from injury. Increasingly, however, that sense of security is threatened by acts of violence committed against the people who have dedicated their career to help others. Data from numerous national organizations indicate that workplace violence is on the rise, with health care workers at a four times greater risk of being a victim of on-the-job violence than workers in any other industry. In fact, 2013 data from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), an arm of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, indicate that 9,200 non-fatal workplace violence-related injuries were reported that year among health care workers. This accounts for more than 67 percent of all non-fatal workplace violence-related injuries across all industries. Research from the Occupational Safety and Health...

When a public health crisis or natural disaster strikes, increased demand may overwhelm your facility’s staff. While every hospital has an emergency plan, updating your plans to include contacting Qualivis for supplemental staffing needs during emergencies is an easy way to improve your strategy. When rapid response staffing is essential to meet health care demands, facilities can count on Qualivis.

How to initiate Qualivis’ Rapid Response Staffing

If a facility needs rapid response staffing, it is simple. You can contact Pam Kirchem at KHA (pkirchem@kyha.com) or your Qualivis account specialist, and they will take it from there to ensure needs are met as quickly as possible.

How Qualivis helps facilities when disaster strikes

Easy access to a nationwide network of health care staffing agencies to simplify and speed the search process, so you can focus on providing patient...

Early last year, KHA Solutions Group Affinity Partner, Healthcare Staffing Services (HSS), officially changed its name and brand to Qualivis.

Qualivis is a national provider of health care workforce solutions, specializing in supplemental staffing and committed to quality, service and leadership in transforming the workplace culture to improve patient care.

The name “Qualivis” is a combination of three words that capture who they are, what they do and why they do it.

Quality – Their core mission is to provide outstanding health care team members to improve the patient experience and outcomes, exemplify best practices in all facets of business operations and strive for excellence and continuous improvement in all that they do. Life – They provide solutions to give your team...

Until you can fill the positions permanently, KHA Solutions Group can help with your staffing challenges.

Qualivis is the Kentucky Hospital Association’s workforce solution and it offers a broad range of placement services. Qualivis reported they have seen an increase in home health needs within the program and they offer easy access to a nationwide network of health care staffing agencies to simplify and speed the search process. That means you spend less time managing contracts and fielding sales calls, and more time building a great team.

Qualivis currently aligns with 13 state hospital associations, helping nearly 400 hospitals nationwide with their workforce needs. Its vendor-neutral approach brings increased market competition in the areas of billing rates, contract terms and performance standards. Regular on-site compliance reviews are conducted with vendors to review the contract terms, compliance with Joint Commission, CMS and state regulatory requirements. Qualivis can...

While hospitals prefer to avoid temporary staffing, the use of travelers remains a viable solution when more traditional approaches are not successful.

Qualivis is a national provider of health care workforce solutions, specializing in supplemental staffing, but able to fill a broad spectrum of clinical and non-clinical positions through its nationwide network of more than 100 staffing agencies.

Qualivis simplifies the staffing process by offering one contract and one point of contact at no cost to the health care employer.

Qualivis is a Managed Service Provider (MSP), wholly owned by the South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA). For 15 years, they have been helping state hospital associations provide supplemental staffing for every clinical and non-clinical department.

Benefits include:...

On January 25, KHA Solutions Group Affinity Partner Healthcare Staffing Services (HSS) officially changed its name and brand to Qualivis.

Qualivis is a national provider of health care workforce solutions, specializing in supplemental staffing and committed to quality, service and leadership in transforming the workplace culture to improve patient care.

The name “Qualivis” is a combination of three words that capture who they are, what they do and why they do it.

Quality – Their core mission is to provide outstanding health care team members to improve the patient experience and outcome, exemplify best practices in all facets of business operations and strive for excellence and continuous improvement in all that they do. Life – They provide solutions to give your team members more work-life balance and greater job satisfaction to improve retention and productivity. Qualivis provides flexible, supplemental staffing who...