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# TotalMed Premier Healthcare Staffing

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## Posts
- [How to Compare Two Healthcare Job Offers Beyond the Pay](https://totalmed.com/blog/compare-healthcare-job-offers/): Getting two healthcare job offers at the same time sounds like a good problem to have until you actually have to choose between them.
- [How to Handle Your First Holiday Away From Home on Assignment](https://totalmed.com/blog/first-holidays-away-from-home-on-assignment/): You knew when you accepted the assignment that you'd be away for the holidays.
- [Travel Healthcare With a Family: How to Make an Assignment Work for Everyone](https://totalmed.com/blog/travel-healthcare-with-a-family-advice/): Travel healthcare is often pictured as one person packing a car, heading to a new city, and spending the next 13 weeks exploring somewhere new between shifts.
- [Thinking About a Winter Travel Healthcare Assignment? What to Consider Before You Go](https://totalmed.com/blog/winter-travel-healthcare-assignment-tips/): A winter travel healthcare assignment can look very different depending on where you decide to spend those 13 weeks. You could be scraping ice off your windshield before a morning shift in the Midwest, watching snow fall outside your temporary apartment in New England, or heading in the opposite direction and spending January somewhere that barely feels like winter at all.
- [What Happens After Travel? Your Healthcare Career Has More Options Than You Think](https://totalmed.com/blog/what-happens-after-travel-healthcare/): Travel healthcare can become more than a job.
- [Same Specialty, Different Setting: How Your Healthcare Career Can Change Without Changing What You Do](https://totalmed.com/blog/healthcare-work-settings-career-change/): When healthcare professionals start thinking about making a career change, it's easy to assume something big has to change.
- [Night Shift, Day Shift, or Something In Between: Finding the Schedule That Works for You](https://totalmed.com/blog/day-shift-vs-night-shift-healthcare/): Ask a group of healthcare professionals whether day shift or night shift is better, and you'll probably get strong opinions from both sides.
- [What Does Career Growth Look Like When You Don’t Want to Be a Manager?](https://totalmed.com/blog/healthcare-career-growth-without-management/): At some point in a healthcare career, you may start hearing a familiar question:
- [New State, New Assignment: What Travel Nurses Should Know About Workplace Safety](https://totalmed.com/blog/new-state-assignment-travel-nurse-safety/): Travel nurse safety should be part of the conversation before your first shift.
- [Travel Healthcare After Years at the Bedside: Is It Too Late to Start?](https://totalmed.com/blog/start-travel-healthcare-later-career/): Travel healthcare is often associated with professionals who start traveling relatively early in their careers.
- [Your Healthcare Career Changed. Should Your Goals Change Too?](https://totalmed.com/blog/healthcare-career-goals-change/): Healthcare career goals aren't promises you make to an earlier version of yourself. They're tools that can help you decide where you want to go next. When your life changes, it's worth asking whether your goals should change too.
- [Before You Say Yes: How to Know if a Travel Healthcare Assignment Is the Right Fit](https://totalmed.com/blog/before-you-say-yes-how-to-know-if-a-travel-healthcare-assignment-is-the-right-fit/): Accepting a travel healthcare assignment is exciting.
- [Healthcare Specialties to Watch as Winter Hiring Begins](https://totalmed.com/blog/in-demand-healthcare-specialties-winter/): As summer transitions into fall, many healthcare professionals begin thinking about what's next.
- [Is It Time for a Change of Scenery? Signs You’re Ready for Travel Healthcare](https://totalmed.com/blog/is-it-time-for-a-change-of-scenery-signs-youre-ready-for-travel-healthcare/): Sometimes the signs are obvious.
- [What Makes a Great Travel Healthcare Assignment? It’s Not Just the Pay](https://totalmed.com/blog/what-makes-a-great-travel-healthcare-assignment/): So what actually makes a travel healthcare assignment great?
- [Thinking About Travel Healthcare? 8 Questions to Ask Before Making the Leap](https://totalmed.com/blog/is-travel-healthcare-right-for-you/): If you've found yourself browsing travel healthcare jobs, talking with coworkers about traveling, or wondering what it would be like to take an assignment somewhere new, you're not alone.
- [Beyond Clinical Skills: What Healthcare Employers Are Really Looking for Today](https://totalmed.com/blog/beyond-clinical-skills-what-healthcare-employers-are-really-looking-for-today/): Strong clinical skills are the foundation of every successful healthcare career.
- [One Career. Many Paths. Meet the New TotalMed.](https://totalmed.com/blog/healthcare-career-opportunities/): As we come together under the TotalMed name, we are bringing more healthcare career opportunities together in one place.
- [The Fall Hiring Season Is Here: Why September Is One of the Best Times to Find Your Next Assignment](https://totalmed.com/blog/fall-travel-healthcare-jobs/): If you've been thinking about your next travel healthcare assignment, September is one of the smartest times of the year to start looking.
- [Where Healthcare Jobs Are Growing This Fall: A Regional Outlook for Travel Professionals](https://totalmed.com/blog/healthcare-workforce-demand-fall/): As summer winds down, healthcare organizations across the country begin preparing for one of their busiest hiring seasons. Patient volumes shift, respiratory illness cases begin to rise, and hospitals start planning for holiday staffing needs well before the first leaves begin to change.
- [Why Flexibility Is Becoming Healthcare’s Most Valuable Career Skill](https://totalmed.com/blog/flexible-healthcare-careers/): Healthcare has always been an evolving profession, but today's workforce is changing faster than ever. New technologies, shifting patient populations, workforce shortages, and changing care models have transformed what hospitals need from their clinical teams.
- [Beyond Weekly Pay: The Benefits That Can Make or Break a Travel Assignment](https://totalmed.com/blog/travel-healthcare-benefits/): When you're comparing travel healthcare jobs, it's easy to focus on one number: the weekly pay package.
- [Compact Licenses and Multi-State Practice: What Healthcare Travelers Need to Know](https://totalmed.com/blog/healthcare-compact-licenses/): One of the biggest advantages of working in travel healthcare is the freedom to take assignments across the country. But before you can start caring for patients in a new state, there's one important step that can influence how quickly you begin your next opportunity: licensing.
- [How AI Is Changing Healthcare Staffing (And What Travelers Should Know)](https://totalmed.com/blog/ai-in-healthcare-staffing/): Artificial intelligence is becoming part of nearly every industry, and healthcare staffing is no exception. While AI has generated plenty of headlines—some exciting, some concerning—its role in healthcare recruiting isn't about replacing people. Instead, it's about helping recruiters, healthcare organizations, and clinicians work more efficiently.
- [What Hospital Hiring Managers Are Looking for in Healthcare Travelers in 2026](https://totalmed.com/blog/healthcare-traveler-hiring-2026/): Landing a travel healthcare assignment isn't just about having the right license or years of experience. In today's hiring environment, hospitals are looking for clinicians who can quickly integrate into a new team, adapt to unfamiliar workflows, and deliver exceptional patient care from day one.
- [Which Healthcare Specialties Are Seeing the Fastest Growth Right Now?](https://totalmed.com/blog/fastest-growing-healthcare-specialties-2026/): Healthcare is constantly evolving, and so are the careers that keep hospitals, clinics, and healthcare systems running. While nursing remains one of the most recognized professions in healthcare, demand is growing across nearly every clinical discipline as facilities work to meet patient needs, expand services, and address ongoing workforce shortages.
- [Healthcare Staffing Trends to Watch for the Rest of 2026](https://totalmed.com/blog/healthcare-staffing-trends-2026/): The healthcare workforce has experienced significant change over the past several years, and those changes continue to shape how hospitals recruit, retain, and support clinicians. While staffing challenges have evolved since the height of the pandemic, one thing remains clear: healthcare organizations are still searching for flexible, qualified professionals to help meet patient needs.
- [Why Fall Is One of the Best Times to Start a Travel Healthcare Assignment](https://totalmed.com/blog/fall-travel-healthcare-assignments/): When most people think about travel healthcare, they picture summer adventures or winter escapes. But experienced healthcare travelers know a secret: some of the best opportunities begin in the fall.
- [Making Friends on Assignment: Building Community Wherever You Go](https://totalmed.com/blog/building-community-on-assignment/): One of the most exciting parts of healthcare travel is arriving somewhere completely new.
- [Travel Healthcare Mythbusters: 10 Things People Still Get Wrong](https://totalmed.com/blog/travel-healthcare-mythbusters-10-things-people-still-get-wrong/): Travel healthcare has grown tremendously over the past decade, yet plenty of misconceptions still exist.
- [Why Fall Contracts Fill Faster Than You Think](https://totalmed.com/blog/why-fall-travel-healthcare-contracts-fill-fast/): Summer may be in full swing, but experienced healthcare travelers know something important:
- [Packing Smarter for Summer Assignments: What Healthcare Travelers Actually Need](https://totalmed.com/blog/summer-travel-healthcare-packing-list/): Every healthcare traveler has done it.
- [How to Turn Your Days Off Into Mini Vacations While on Assignment](https://totalmed.com/blog/mini-vacations-for-healthcare-travelers/): One of the biggest benefits of healthcare travel is right there in the name: travel.
- [The Mid-Year Career Check-In Every Healthcare Traveler Should Do](https://totalmed.com/blog/mid-year-career-check-in-healthcare-travelers/): Believe it or not, we're already halfway through the year.
- [The Best Side Quests for Healthcare Travelers This Summer](https://totalmed.com/blog/the-best-side-quests-for-healthcare-travelers-this-summer/): If you've spent any time on social media lately, you've probably heard the term "side quest."
- [Traveling With Pets: How to Make Every Assignment Pet-Friendly](https://totalmed.com/blog/traveling-with-pets-healthcare-travelers/): One of the biggest myths about healthcare travel is that you have to leave your pets behind.
- [Travel Healthcare Is More Than a Career Move It Can Be a Financial Reset](https://totalmed.com/blog/travel-healthcare-is-more-than-a-career-move-it-can-be-a-financial-reset/): For many healthcare professionals, the decision to travel starts with finances.
- [The Assignments Everyone Wants Go Fast, Here’s How Travelers Stay Ahead](https://totalmed.com/blog/how-travelers-land-best-assignments/): Experienced travel healthcare professionals know something that newer travelers often discover the hard way:
- [Travel Healthcare Gave Me My Life Back: Real Reasons Professionals Keep Renewing Contracts](https://totalmed.com/blog/why-healthcare-professionals-stay-in-travel-healthcare/): Many healthcare professionals initially enter travel healthcare for one reason:
- [Not All Travel Contracts Are Created Equal: How to Spot the Assignments Actually Worth Taking](https://totalmed.com/blog/how-to-evaluate-travel-healthcare-contracts/): Experienced travel healthcare professionals know one important truth:
- [What Travel Healthcare Professionals Wish They Knew Before Their First Assignment](https://totalmed.com/blog/first-travel-healthcare-assignment-tips/): Starting your first travel healthcare assignment can feel exciting, overwhelming, and intimidating all at once.
- [The Best Travel Healthcare Agencies Don’t Just Find You Jobs, They Make Your Life Easier](https://totalmed.com/blog/best-travel-healthcare-agencies-support/): Experienced travel healthcare professionals know something that newer travelers often learn quickly:
- [Burned Out, Understaffed, and Ready for Something Different? Why Travel Healthcare Still Makes Sense in 2026](https://totalmed.com/blog/why-travel-healthcare-still-makes-sense/): Healthcare professionals everywhere are feeling the pressure.
- [Why Experienced Travel Healthcare Pros Are Quietly Leaving Their Agencies](https://totalmed.com/blog/travel-healthcare-pros-switching-agencies/): For experienced travel healthcare professionals, switching agencies is rarely impulsive.
- [Great Outdoors Month: The Best National Parks and Outdoor Adventures for Travel Nurses This Summer](https://totalmed.com/blog/great-outdoors-month/): June is officially Great Outdoors Month, and there’s no better time for travel nurses to take advantage of the freedom that comes with life on assignment. One of the biggest perks of travel nursing is the ability to explore new places between shifts, on long weekends, or during days off. Whether your assignment takes you to the mountains, the coast, or somewhere in between, summer is the perfect excuse to get outside and recharge.
- [How to Choose Between Multiple Travel Healthcare Offers](https://totalmed.com/blog/choose-travel-healthcare-offers/): Receiving multiple travel healthcare job offers is a great position to be in, but it can also feel overwhelming. Each offer may look similar on the surface, but the details can vary significantly.
- [Travel Healthcare Extensions: When to Stay, When to Move On](https://totalmed.com/blog/travel-healthcare-extensions-when-to-stay-when-to-move-on/): One of the unique parts of travel healthcare is the ability to extend your assignment. Unlike traditional permanent roles, travel contracts are flexible, giving you the option to stay longer or move on when your contract ends.
- [7 Mistakes First-Time Travel Healthcare Professionals Make (and How to Avoid Them)](https://totalmed.com/blog/travel-healthcare-mistakes-first-time/): Starting your first travel healthcare assignment is exciting, but it also comes with a learning curve. Between contracts, housing decisions, and onboarding requirements, there are many moving parts to manage at once.
- [The Most In-Demand Travel Healthcare Specialties Right Now](https://totalmed.com/blog/in-demand-travel-healthcare-specialties/): Demand is one of the biggest drivers of opportunity in travel healthcare. When certain specialties are in high demand, it often leads to faster job placement, more assignment options, and greater flexibility in choosing location and schedule.
- [Fastest Way to Start Travel Healthcare (Step-by-Step for 2026)](https://totalmed.com/blog/fastest-way-to-start-travel-healthcare/): Starting a career in travel healthcare is exciting, but the process can feel overwhelming if you are not sure where to begin. The fastest way to get started is not by rushing through steps, but by preparing everything in advance so you can move quickly when opportunities become available.

## Pages
- [Awards & Recognition](https://totalmed.com/about-us/awards/): Awards & Recognition
- [Utilization Management Staffing & Cost Benchmarketing Guide](https://totalmed.com/find-talent/utilization-management-staffing-guide/): FREE BENCHMARKING GUIDE
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- [Technology Solutions](https://totalmed.com/find-talent/workforce-solutions/technology-solutions/): STOGO TECH STACK
- [RPO](https://totalmed.com/find-talent/workforce-solutions/rpo/): Finding the right healthcare talent takes time, expertise, and resources most teams can’t spare. TotalMed’s Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) solutions expand your recruiting power with dedicated healthcare recruiters who attract, engage, and hire exceptional clinical and non-clinical professionals.
- [Per Diem Referral Program](https://totalmed.com/get-hired/resources/referral-program/per-diem-referral-program/): Referral Program · Per Diem
- [Life Sciences Referral Program](https://totalmed.com/get-hired/resources/referral-program/life-sciences-referral-program/): Referral Program · Life Sciences
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- [Allied Health and Therapy](https://totalmed.com/get-hired/professions/travel-allied/): travel allied health & therapy
- [Travel Nursing](https://totalmed.com/get-hired/professions/travel-nursing/): Travel Nursing
- [Housing](https://totalmed.com/get-hired/benefits/housing/): housing
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## Case Studies
- [Recruitment savings through travel-to-perm conversions](https://totalmed.com/case-studies/recruitment-savings-through-travel-to-perm-conversions/): A health system faced ongoing nursing vacancies and recruiting costs. TotalMed turned travel assignments into a pipeline for full-time hiring, allowing leaders to evaluate nurses in practice before extending offers.
- [300+ clinicians deployed to maintain care continuity](https://totalmed.com/case-studies/300-clinicians-deployed-to-maintain-care-continuity/): A Bay Area children’s hospital faced a potential strike that quickly expanded from allied and ancillary staffing needs to include nursing. TotalMed rapidly mobilized a fully managed workforce to help the hospital maintain operations and continuity of care.
- [1,200+ nurse manager hours saved by accelerating clinical hiring](https://totalmed.com/case-studies/1200-nurse-manager-hours-saved-by-accelerating-clinical-hiring/): A health system was losing qualified candidates to a slow interview process. TotalMed’s clinical team conducted structured interviews to speed hiring and reduce the burden on nurse managers.
- [94% nurse retention through structured onboarding and development](https://totalmed.com/case-studies/94-nurse-retention-through-structured-onboarding-and-development/): A health system lacked qualified preceptors to support newly graduated nurses, straining experienced staff and making the transition to practice more difficult. TotalMed’s CAP program provided dedicated preceptors and ongoing clinical support to build confidence and improve retention.
- [Streamlined staffing accelerates a new emergency department opening](https://totalmed.com/case-studies/ed-opening-staffing/): A hospital needed a full clinical team in place to open a new emergency department on an aggressive timeline. TotalMed’s staffing process delivered the right clinicians on schedule.
- [Hospital cuts rapid response labor spend by $2.1M in under 12 months](https://totalmed.com/case-studies/rapid-response-labor-reduction/): A hospital relying on last-minute crisis staffing was paying a steep premium for every open shift. TotalMed’s rapid response model brought spend under control without sacrificing coverage.
- [Clinical onboarding program raises new-nurse success and retention](https://totalmed.com/case-studies/clinical-onboarding-program/): New graduate and newly hired nurses were leaving within their first year at costly rates. TotalMed introduced a structured confidence-building onboarding program that changed the trajectory of the first 90 days.
- [$100M+ in projected contract labor savings for a major health system](https://totalmed.com/case-studies/contract-labor-savings/): A large health system was spending heavily on premium agency labor across dozens of facilities with little visibility into rates or vendor performance. TotalMed built a vendor-neutral managed services program that put the system back in control.

## News & Insights
- [A Comprehensive Guide to Healthcare Workforce Solutions: Enhancing Recruitment, Cost Management, and Quality Care](https://totalmed.com/news-insights/healthcare-workforce-solutions/): Since the pandemic, healthcare workforce solutions have gone beyond operating as strict, singular models that provide temporary staff. Just as healthcare workforce challenges are complex and diverse, so too are the solutions designed to tackle them. The expansion of models and technologies ensures that unique challenges are tackled in a helpful and impactful way, rather than utilizing a one-size-fits-all model that doesn’t address specific challenges. This section looks at workforce solutions in their various form, their benefits, and use cases.
- [TotalMed Unifies Workforce Solutions Under One Brand Following 2025 Merger with TNAA](https://totalmed.com/news-insights/totalmed-unifies-workforce-solutions-under-one-brand-following-2025-merger-with-tnaa/): TotalMed unifies staffing, workforce management and technology solutions under one brand following its merger with Travel Nurse Across America (TNAA).
- [The State of Healthcare Workforce Shortages: Challenges, Causes, and Solutions](https://totalmed.com/news-insights/the-state-of-healthcare-workforce/): The challenge that has haunted healthcare executives, exhausted our workforce, driven policy changes, and sparked numerous studies and analyses? You guessed it—shortages. Healthcare shortages have plagued our system even before the pandemic, and they’ve skyrocketed since. By 2022, an estimated 100,000 RNs left the workforce due to stress, burnout, or retirement, largely driven by pandemic pressures.
- [Tammy Browning joins TotalMed as its new Chief Executive Officer](https://totalmed.com/news-insights/tammy-browning-joins-totalmed-ceo/): LITTLE ROCK, Ark., June 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- TotalMed, a leading nationwide workforce solutions and healthcare staffing provider, today announced the appointment of Tammy Browning as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Company's Board of Directors. Browning succeeds Tim McKenzie, who, during his seven-year tenure as Chief Executive Officer, led TotalMed through a period of significant growth and helped establish the Company as one of the leading providers in the healthcare workforce solutions industry. McKenzie will continue to serve on the Board of Directors, where he will remain actively involved in shaping the Company's strategic direction.
- [Big News: TotalMed is Merging with TNAA!](https://totalmed.com/news-insights/tnaa-totalmed-merger/): Travel Nurse Across America (TNAA) and TotalMed are teaming up! Together, we’ll provide you with even more opportunities, resources, and support as you pursue your career in healthcare.
- [Meet the #TNAAGivesBack Nurses](https://totalmed.com/news-insights/meet-the-tnaagivesback-nurses/): #TNAAgivesback was inspired by the journey of our travelers’ experiences and wanting to assist them along the way. Since October 2018, we have given away four Ultimate Prize Packages, which included four brand new vehicles. Our travel nurses make sacrifices and often embark on these journeys alone. We wanted to give back because we believe that the travel nurse journey deserves to be celebrated.
- [AI Trends in Healthcare Workforce: Use Cases, Benefits, and Challenges](https://totalmed.com/news-insights/ai-trends-in-healthcare-workforce/): From predictive scheduling to faster credentialing, AI is reshaping how health systems manage their workforce. We explore where the real value is in AI trends — and where caution is warranted.
- [Selecting the Best Healthcare MSP: The Key Factors That Actually Matter](https://totalmed.com/news-insights/choosing-the-best-healthcare-msp/): Filling a clinical position can take nearly two months. The right MSP partner shortens that timeline — here are the factors that separate a good MSP from a great one.
- [3 Key Takeaways from the 2025 RED Labor Summit for Healthcare Leaders](https://totalmed.com/news-insights/takeaways-2025-red-labor-summit/): This year’s RED Labor Summit brought together healthcare executives and leaders from across the nation for a not-so-conventional, yet fun and insightful, conference.
- [TotalMed Acquires Trinity Healthcare Staffing Group, SimpliFi Managed Services](https://totalmed.com/news-insights/totalmed-acquires-trinity-healthcare-staffing-group/): LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (January 18, 2017) -- TotalMed (TotalMed), a healthcare staffing agency that places travel nurses on assignments in all 50 states, has announced the acquisition of industry competitor Trinity Healthcare Staffing Group. This acquisition also includes Trinity’s facility-focused brand SimpliFi Managed Services, which provides contingent healthcare workforce services to hospitals across the country.
- [TotalMed Promotes Tim McKenzie to President & CEO, Gene Scott to Executive Chairman](https://totalmed.com/news-insights/tim-mckenzie-named-totalmed-ceo-2019/): LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – April 24, 2019 – TotalMed (TotalMed), one of the nation’s top healthcare staffing agencies, announced Tim McKenzie as President & Chief Executive Officer, effective May 1, 2019. McKenzie most recently served as TotalMed’s Chief Growth Officer. Current President & CEO, Gene Scott, will be elevated to the position of Executive Chairman.
- [SimpliFi Announces Merger with Staffency, a TotalMed Company, to Enhance Workforce Solutions](https://totalmed.com/news-insights/simplifi-merger-staffency/): The merger brings together healthcare expertise, innovative technology and expanded capabilities to help health systems manage labor, improve visibility and control costs.
- [Staffency Officially Rebrands as SimpliFi Following Merger](https://totalmed.com/news-insights/staffency-rebrands-as-simplifi/): Clients will continue to be supported with greater service offerings.
- [SimpliFi Welcomes Amy Beard as Vice President & Chief Clinical Officer](https://totalmed.com/news-insights/simplifi-welcomes-amy-beard-as-vice-president-chief-clinical-officer/): SimpliFi names Amy Beard, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, as VP & Chief Clinical Officer, bringing 20+ years of nursing leadership to strengthen clinical strategy and workforce solutions.