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ShiftKey's Year in Review 2024

ShiftKey CRO Brandon Tappan shares strategies for success in 2025. Part one of a two-part series.

By Brandon Tappan, Chief Revenue Officer, ShiftKey

Articles

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Leadership

For healthcare facilities, filling a shift is only part of the challenge. The bigger question is: How can you build a reliable, scalable workforce strategy that reduces stress and supports long-term goals?

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Leadership

Time is precious and trust is everything when you are managing nurse coverage in a hospital. Here are some of the most frequent scheduling missteps, and how you can sidestep them.

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Leadership

Four states are finding out. See how Illinois, Maine, New Jersey and Ohio are using Medicaid value-based payment programs to increase compensation while providing better care to residents.

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Leadership

We recently hosted a McKnight’s webinar to explore what’s working in 2025 — and what still needs work as we head into 2026. Here are seven takeaways.

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Community Stories

See why Assisted Living communities are vital to senior care, and meet a few people who show up for the small joys, bring comfort in tough times, and turn care into connection.

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Leadership

Discover smarter, flexible workforce strategies and system-wide innovations designed to retain experienced nurses, prevent burnout and safeguard patient outcomes.

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Leadership

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a temporary pause in updates to its Nursing Home Care Compare website and the Five-Star Quality Rating System. Here's what you need to know.

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Case Studies

See how Delmar Gardens decreased agency usage 71%, reduced unfilled shifts by 90% and more.

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Leadership

Learn more about a persistent challenge for hospitals that remains the biggest talking point in the industry: the seemingly chronic shortage of registered nurses (RNs) across the country.