National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day: Adopting or Fostering a Shelter Pet During Self-Isolation
Many of our All Star family members, clients, providers, and people in our community are the proud pet owners of shelter/rescue pets. In honor of National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day and during a time when many of us are working from or staying at home, we hope you will find the following information helpful if you are thinking about adopting or fostering a shelter pet.
In addition to minimizing feelings of loneliness and isolation, caring for an animal in need of love and a good home is incredibly rewarding, can reduce stress, and is good for your heart. Additionally, if you have been considering adoption, fostering – or taking in a cat or dog (or bird, rabbit, etc.) to nurture until they can be placed in a permanent home – it could help you gauge whether a “forever” pet is something you can manage once you return to the workplace.
THREE BENEFITS OF ADOPTING A SHELTER PET
- When you adopt a dog from a shelter, you help to lower demand for puppies from puppy mills, where dogs are kept in terrible conditions.
- Many shelter pets are already vaccinated, microchipped, and spayed or neutered, which can save you time and money on appointments with the veterinarian.
- You save two lives for the price of one! In addition to saving the life of the animal you adopt, you also free up a spot in the shelter for another animal who needs it.
THREE BENEFITS OF FOSTERING A SHELTER PET
- Animals who might be struggling at a shelter will have the opportunity to shine in their foster home, revealing their true personality and increasing their chances of attracting an adopter.
- If you are considering adoption down the road, fostering now gives you the chance test out different breeds and ages of animals, to see what best matches your lifestyle.
- “Fostering saves an animal’s life and enriches the foster family’s life as well,” says Nichole Dandrea, a spokesperson for Best Friends Animal Society, a national nonprofit pet rescue and advocacy organization that is leading the charge in eliminating dog and cat euthanasia.
If you are interested in fostering or adopting an animal, search here for Best Friends’ network partners near you, or contact local shelters and rescue pet programs in your area.
National Adopt A Shelter Pet Day is observed each year on April 30 to raise awareness for the millions of animals in shelters across the country awaiting their forever homes.
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Ensuring Your Health and Well-Being as You Care for COVID-19 Patients
Whether you are on the front lines of this pandemic – perhaps taking on extra shifts at your facility or working locum tenens – or at home, maybe on quarantine or caring for your children, please know that you are in our thoughts. This is an especially challenging time for providers, and we are eternally grateful for all you do to bring quality healthcare to your patients.
It’s National Public Health Week, established to bring communities across the United States together to recognize the contributions of public health and highlight issues important to improving it. While it is important to acknowledge its importance, now more than ever, it is even more vital that you and your colleagues take extra measures to ensure your physical health as well as your mental well-being.
While you are undoubtedly aware that there are excellent resources available to help physicians, advanced practitioners, and other clinicians care for themselves during times of stress and crisis, some providers may, unwittingly, keep their focus solely on the health and well-being of others. Here, we are pleased to share links to resources from the American Medical Association (AMA) and the National Academy of Medicine. We hope you find them beneficial.
- AMA’s National Physician Town Hall on COVID-19, April 9, 1 – 2:30 p.m. CST (Click here to register)
- Managing Mental Health During COVID-19
- Resources to Support the Health and Well-Being of Clinicians During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Thank you, again, for all you do to keep patients healthy. All Star Healthcare Solutions (formerly All Star Recruiting) remains committed to you and your professional growth and aspirations, and we are here to support you whenever you need us.
If you are available and interested in exploring locum tenens and/or permanent opportunities, please reach out to your dedicated All Star consultant, who continues to work remotely from home to flatten the curve and support providers everywhere. Or, call 800-928-0229 today.
As always, we are here, and you can count on us. All Star cares.
All Star Recognizes Physicians This National Doctors Day
A message from All Star:
All Star is grateful for physicians and all they do to deliver quality patient care – particularly in these challenging, extraordinary times – and appreciates their valuable contributions to healthcare.
We are staying home for all of our clinicians, working remotely to help flatten the curve.
Thank you all for staying at work to provide your urgently needed expertise and service.
Stay healthy and safe. Our hearts and thoughts are with you today and always.
Your All Star Family,
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Matt Young, COO of All Star, Elected Vice President of National Association of Locum Tenens Organizations (NALTO)
The National Association of Locum Tenens Organizations (NALTO) has announced the appointment of Matt Young, Chief Operating Officer of All Star Healthcare Solutions (formerly All Star Recruiting), to Vice President of its Board of Directors. During Young’s more than 16-year career in the locum tenens staffing industry, he has been involved at every level, from hiring and training, to operations and information technology, to sales and executive leadership.
“It has been a privilege to serve on the NALTO Board of Directors for the last two years, working with industry leaders and all NALTO members to support the ongoing development and safeguarding of the integrity of the locum tenens industry,” says Young. “I am grateful for this opportunity and look forward to working with my fellow board members.”
Young joined All Star in 2010, lending his vast experience to the launch of the company’s locum tenens division. Since then, All Star has grown at an unprecedented rate and remains one of the fastest-growing locum tenens organizations in the country.
Matt has served on NALTO’s Ethics and Membership Committees, chairs its Legislative Committee, and has spoken on critical industry topics at numerous conferences.
About NALTO
Founded in 2001, the National Association of Locum Tenens Organizations primarily serves to educate the healthcare industry on the benefits of locum tenens staffing and to establish a set of service standards among locum tenens companies. NALTO also provides a system for sharing resources among member organizations, offers a formal dispute resolution process through an arbitration committee, and aids all members in cultivating market growth.
Healthcare Facilities in Need of Urgent Support
As a trusted partner of your organization, we understand the importance of our ability to provide you with support whenever you need it.
Therefore, we want you to know we remain fully committed and prepared to meet your facility’s everyday needs as well as those resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. We work with experienced, caring physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and CRNAs throughout the country who are highly qualified and eager to help.
In addition, our entire team – that is, all of our employees, are doing their part to flatten the curve and support healthcare facilities and their staff by staying home and working remotely. In fact, we will continue to do so throughout these challenging, extraordinary times to continue providing your organization with our "Red Carpet" Service, seamlessly.
Moreover, All Star Healthcare Solutions (formerly All Star Recruiting) has a robust Business Continuity Plan managed by a dedicated team of experts committed to keeping our operations running smoothly, which includes:
- A comprehensive policy to coordinate and support the delivery of our signature "Red Carpet" Service to clients
- Established policies and procedures based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for providers who work through us
- An enhanced screening process that incorporates COVID-19 screening for providers, ensuring clinicians are safe to work
Rest assured – we are here, and you can count on us. If you need staffing assistance, please call 800-928-0229. All Star cares.
Providers: Your Services are Needed, Now and Always
All Star Healthcare Solutions (formerly All Star Recruiting) hopes you – as well as your patients, colleagues, family, and friends – healthy and safe. As you know, your expertise, qualifications, and services have never been more in demand as facilities need additional support to meet their everyday needs and those resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Many of you are already working on the front lines – we thank you!
If you are available and eager to help, please contact your dedicated All Star consultant or call 800-928-0229 to discuss locum tenens and/or permanent opportunities in your specialty. This request for assistance, of course, includes experienced semi-retired providers and clinicians in permanent positions who are interested in taking on additional shifts.
Our entire team – that is, all of our employees, are doing their part to flatten the curve and support healthcare workers nationwide by staying home and working remotely. We will continue to do so throughout these challenging, extraordinary times.
We cannot thank you enough for all you do every day to save lives and deliver quality, compassionate care to your patients. We are forever grateful for your dedication and service, and humbled and honored to work with you.
Please rest assured – we are here, and you can count on us. All Star cares.
All Star Committed to Continued Positive Impact on People During COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic
As All Star monitors the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, it remains fully devoted and prepared to meet the needs of its people, providers, patients, clients, and communities nationwide.
"We embrace our obligation to positively impact patients in healthcare facilities throughout the U.S. and beyond," says the company's CEO, Keith Shattuck. "We take this responsibility seriously and want everyone to know that we're here, we care, and they can count on us.
"All Star's IT team has ensured workstations are ready, so our people can seamlessly transition from the office to working remotely, if needed," Shattuck continues. "Our priority is and will always be people's health, well-being, and safety."
In the office, All Star has been and will continue to take widespread measures to positively impact lives.
- Last month, prior to the spread of COVID-19, employees were provided with information on how to protect themselves from flu and other viruses. They also received health kits with items such as hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes, and tissues.
- The company Facilities team disinfects high-touch areas – including doorknobs, refrigerator doors, kitchen cabinets, microwave doors, and coffee machines – at minimum three times a day.
- Social distancing is being promoted throughout the office and includes the postponement of large-company and industry-related events (e.g., yearly sales incentive trip, conferences, etc.).
- We have canceled all nonessential meetings and business travel.
All Star will continue to stay abreast of the latest updates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
All Star is One of South Florida's 2020 Best Places to Work
All Star Healthcare Solutions (formerly All Star Recruiting) was honored yesterday at the South Florida Business Journal’s 2020 Best Places to Work Awards Luncheon at the Signature Grand in Davie, Florida. The company, which is one of the fastest-growing healthcare staffing firms in the United States, is both humbled and thrilled to announce it ranked fourth in the large company category.
"As a Best Place to Work, All Star attracts genuine, dedicated people whose ideals and commitment to doing the right thing align with our core values and goals," said Keith Shattuck, the company’s CEO. “Our people care about positively impacting others and delivering our signature "Red Carpet" Service
to our providers, patients, clients, community, and each other. This amazing distinction is a testament to them because they make All Star the best place to be."
All Star is recurrently celebrated for its exceptional workplace environment and caring, high-performance culture.
As with the other organizations feted at the Best Places to Work Awards Luncheon, the company was chosen as a finalist based on the results of a confidential online survey administered to employees by Quantum Workplace. The top 45 firms, based on employees’ feedback, were divided into one of three categories: small company (10 to 49 employees), medium company (50 to 99 employees), and large company (100 employees or more).
All Star’s Thanksgiving Feast Focuses on Family
All Star Recruiting (now All Star Healthcare Solutions) celebrated Thanksgiving with a family-style feast, inviting its people—and their parents—to a midday holiday meal, served up with gratitude by company leaders.
“Gratitude is our attitude,” says CEO Keith Shattuck. “It is the first of our Core Values and the backbone of what we’re all about. We’re so grateful for our All Star family. It was an enormous pleasure to enjoy a pre-holiday celebration with them and meet so many of their parents. Their moms and dads were gracious, happy to be here, and just plain awesome, which are qualities we see in our people every day.”
A number of employees’ parents joined the festivities, which were held in the office and included oven-roasted turkey and baked ham with all the fixings, vegan options, and assorted holiday pies. Family-style seating set up throughout the office provided a friendly atmosphere conducive to conversation and mingling.
Nicole Ventriglia says her parents flew in from New York specifically for the occasion! “My mom and dad were blown away,” says the marketing coordinator, “and I was thrilled to have them here. I absolutely loved being able to mix together my two families for the day.”
“Our company is comprised of dedicated, hardworking people who truly care about each other and the impact they have on those we serve,” Shattuck continues. “We are grateful for each and every one of them.”
Extra! Extra! Halloween Fun! Read (All) Stars About It!
This year’s All Star Halloween Spooktacular was nothing short of amazing. Teams not only dressed up, they also put on masterful skits and full-fledged performances as they vied for Best in Show, Best Costume, and Best Performance, as judged by our Executive team.
We are immensely proud of and impressed by the boundless effort, creativity, and commitment put forth by all involved. Our Halloween event was so frightfully successful, in fact, that the South Florida Business Journal chose to include us in their article about area companies that get into the Halloween spirit!
Check out photos and videos of some of this year’s awesome moments, featuring a video of the first-place Best in Show winner—the All Star Perm team.