Most of the healthcare organizations and staffing firms we work with are not running outdated processes because they do not care about efficiency. They are running them because the processes were built for a workforce that no longer looks the way it did.
When the long-tenured hospital employee was the norm, ... Read More
Archive: 2026
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Jun2026
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May2026
Most hiring workflows have gone digital: applicant tracking, e-signatures, automated background checks, digital I-9s: organizations have invested heavily in streamlining the process from offer to day one. Yet for many HR, talent acquisition, and compliance teams, one piece of the puzzle has never caught up: fingerprinting.
In the majority of organizations, ... Read More
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May2026
Finding the right candidate is only half the work. Getting them from offer acceptance to day one without losing momentum is where many hiring processes quietly break down. Disconnected tools, manual handoffs, and limited visibility into screening progress can slow everything down at exactly the wrong moment.
To address that, Universal ... Read More
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May2026
Most conversations in background screening focus on the same short list: faster turnaround times, new AI features, cleaner candidate experiences, better platform integrations. Those things matter, but there's a quieter factor that often determines whether real innovation actually happens, and whether it holds up five years from now.
Who owns your ... Read More
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May2026
A "good enough" background check might actually be good enough for a lot of industries: healthcare is not one of them.
Place a clinician at the bedside, send a caregiver into a patient's home, or staff a critical hospital department, and background screening stops being a procurement line item. It becomes ... Read More
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Apr2026
AI is everywhere in 2026. Every vendor pitch deck seems to promise "AI-powered" everything; faster decisions, lower costs, fewer errors. Background screening is no exception.
But if you're responsible for hiring in healthcare or healthcare staffing, you can't afford to adopt AI just because it's trendy. You need an approach that ... Read More
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Apr2026
If your hiring volume has dipped and your team has more breathing room than it did a year ago, you are in a better position than you might think. Slower periods tend to surface inefficiencies that rapid growth buried, and nowhere do those inefficiencies hide more quietly than inside a ... Read More
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Apr2026
A recap of a joint Universal Background Screening & Verisys webinar
The headlines keep coming.
Another healthcare organization fined for employing an excluded provider. A health plan forced to repay millions for claims tied to a sanctioned clinician. A large system struggling to maintain accreditation after auditors uncover serious compliance gaps in ... Read More
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Apr2026
Effective April 18, 2026, a new amendment to New York’s Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) dramatically limits how New York employers can use an applicant’s or employee’s credit history. In general, it will be unlawful for employers to request or use credit reports or any credit-related information in hiring, promotion, compensation, or other employment ... Read More
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Apr2026
Candidate Fraud and Identity in 2026: Getting It Right Without Breaking the Experience
If you lead a healthcare system or a healthcare staffing firm, you've almost certainly felt it by now: candidate fraud is no longer a fringe issue. It comes up in executive conversations every week.
From misrepresented experience and falsified ... Read More
