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6 Best Practices for OIG Exclusion Monitoring

Providing a high level of patient safety is paramount to the success of any healthcare organization, and workforce exclusion monitoring is a key vehicle for achieving it. 
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Candidate Experience

Does Blind Hiring Reduce Unconscious Bias in Your Hiring Process?

Unconscious bias in the hiring process can limit your ability to hire female candidates and candidates from underrepresented groups. Without even realizing it, recruiters and hiring managers can form opinions and judgments about candidates based on their name, address, or even the non-work activities listed on their resume. 
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Drug Screening

Go Paperless and Worry Less: A Student’s Guide to Drug Screening

Drug screening is a time-tested way of checking for evidence of illegal substances, and it’s most commonly used to determine a person’s employment eligibility. However, drug screening isn’t just for people who are applying for a job. It’s often a requirement for students who will interact with patients in a healthcare environment, too.
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Background Screening

7 Steps to Take if a Candidate Disputes Their Background Check Results

After a candidate completes the disclosure and authorization process for a pre-hire background check, you’ll soon have results to help you move the candidate through the hiring process. However, sometimes the background check results reveal information the candidate wants to dispute. 
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Background Screening

Should Arrest Records Be Part of Your Criminal Background Check?

Criminal background checks have become nearly universal among employers, and they provide critical information to help organizations manage potential hiring risks. According to a 2020 Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA) study, 93 percent of employers use national criminal databases and 85 percent use state, county, or local sources for all or some candidates.
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VerifyStudents

What to Look for in a Clinical Rotation Management System

As a program manager for a health professions program, clinical rotation management systems help clinical sites, universities, and health science students keep track of key requirements and the many activities occurring throughout each student’s rotation experience. Using a comprehensive system gives users access to tools for tracking important deliverables and clinical rotation milestones.
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Background Screening

Background Check Integrations: How Complicated Will it be to Connect Your Technology?

The integration of two or more technology platforms might sound complicated on the surface, but it is relatively easy to achieve. On a basic level, integration allows systems with different ways of storing and categorizing information to interact over the same network. 
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8 Ways to Create a Great Remote Candidate Experience

Given the global shift to remote work, it’s likely your organization may do more remote hiring than ever before. To successfully attract and engage candidates, you’ll need to take actions to provide them with an exceptional experience from the moment they learn about your organization to the end of the selection and screening process.
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How to Maintain Background Check Compliance and Quality on a Tight HR Budget

In these challenging times, organizations facing change and uncertainty must reevaluate their spending, and the budget for background screening is no exception. As you move through the budget planning process, you may need to reconsider certain screening activities. You’ll also need to factor in anticipated staffing levels, changes in the types of positions you fill, and the efficiency of your screening provider’s processes. Though you may make some changes, you don’t want to compromise on compliance or quality.
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Background Check Vendors: 5 Steps to Assuring a Positive Partnership

To get the most from your background screening activities, your background check vendor must meet your needs for compliance, accuracy, and efficiency. However, not all vendors have the same screening methods, and not all have the processes in place to help you achieve your most critical recruitment and talent management goals. 
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Supply Chain Management: The Risks of Reactive Sourcing and Procurement

Your supply chain management activities determine your ability to obtain the products and services you need for successful business operations, but true success in supply chain management is about more than stocking shelves with inventor...

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The Pros and Cons of a Fast Background Check

When you’re working actively to recruit for a busy healthcare organization, you need to fill positions quickly. Whether you’re replacing retiring nurses or you need to add new staff to meet higher demand due to the latest COVID-19 varian...

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Identifying Holes in Your Procurement Management Strategy

Having a sustainable procurement model not only helps you build a reliable supply of the products your organization needs, but it can also support robust performance and efficiency. However, due to the pandemic and the supply chain short...

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