Healthcare Traveler - November 2008 - (Page 1)

Editor’s Desk The Magazine for Healthcare Travel Professionals www.HealthcareTraveler.com 106 Milford Street, Suite 105, Salisbury, MD 21804 (410) 749-3200 • (800) 948-8728 • Fax (410) 742-3235 For subscriptions, call (877) 922-2022 Editorial GROUP EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR ART DIRECTOR Patricia Stille Lederman plederman@advanstar.com Bobbi Harrison bharrison@advanstar.com A Traveling smart Jennifer Samuels jennifer.samuels@advanstar.com W. Kevin Wolff Peggy K. Onstad Cary Jon Lederman, JD clederman@advanstar.com (80 0) 948-8728 Advertising GEN MGR., SPECIALTY CARE GROUP PUBLISHER NATIONAL SALES MANAGER- Diane Ward diane.ward@advanstar.com (201) 690 -5355 LIST ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Renee Schuster rschuster@advanstar.com (440) 891-2613 REPRINTS Kimberly A. 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Hewins Steve Morris Laura Wagner John C. Marlow, MD Articles in Healthcare Traveler are indexed in the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL). Healthcare Traveler does not verify any claims or other information appearing in any of the advertisements contained in the publication, and cannot take any responsibility for any losses or other damages incurred by readers in reliance on such content. Healthcare Traveler welcomes unsolicited articles, manuscripts, photographs, illustrations, and other materials but cannot be held responsible for their safekeeping or return. Healthcare Traveler (ISSN 1077-5676) is published monthly by Advanstar Communications, Inc., 131 West 1st Street, Duluth, MN 55802-2065. Periodicals postage paid at Duluth, MN and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Healthcare Traveler, PO Box 6000, Duluth, MN 55806-6000. Canadian G.S.T. Number: # R-124213133RT001, Publications Mail Agreement Number: # 40017597. Printed in the U.S.A. Healthcare Traveler is distributed free of charge in the United States and Canada to nurses and allied healthcare providers who travel, or would consider travel as a career opportunity. Single copies (prepaid only): $7.00 in the United States, $9.00 all other countries. Healthcare Traveler is available on a paid subscription basis to nonqualified readers at the rate of: US and Possessions: 1 year, $45.00; 2 years, $80.00; Canada/Mexico: 1 year, $65.00; 2 years, $115.00; All other countries: 1 year, $85.00; 2 years, $135.00. Back issues, if available: $12.00 in the U.S., $16.00 all other countries. Include $6.50 per order plus $2.00 per additional copy for U.S. postage and handling. If shipping outside the U.S., include an additional $10.00 per order plus $2.00 per additional copy. s a healthcare traveler, you receive many benefits, from company-provided housing, to health and malpractice insurance, to travel reimbursements or allowances. For a closer look at what’s available—and those extras that fellow mobile clinicians have put on their wish lists—read “Perks & Preferences,” showcasing findings from Healthcare Traveler’s 2008 Benefits Survey, starting on page 18. Perhaps the greatest perk is the ability to accept assignments wherever and whenever you choose. Maybe your goal is to visit each of the 50 states before you retire. You might want to be closer to your parents or other family members whom you haven’t seen in a while. Then again, you simply may wish to spend the fall in New England. Or, like Christopher Merkley, MA, CCC-SLP, whose adventures in New Zealand begin on “If traveling home page 34, you may be searching that endless summer. is on your ‘to do’ forIf traveling home is on your “to do” list—before the start list, check your of an assignment, as a long options carefully.” weekend during a contract, or as a break in between opportunities—check your options carefully. Some of the schedule changes at U.S. airports were first introduced in July, spurred on by fuel costs and the slowing economy, but most will take effect in November—and that means fewer choices, longer lines, and higher prices if you’re taking to the skies for Turkey Day. Last year, the Air Transport Association predicted 27 million passengers would fly during a 12-day period before and after Thanksgiving. Estimates aren’t out yet for 2008, but one thing is certain: There will be 2,900 fewer domestic flights to seven major hub airports from November 20 through November 30. According to an analysis completed by USA Today, this 11% decrease in non-stop flights translates into 2.6 million fewer seats. How does this affect your travel plans? Say you’re traveling to Atlanta’s hub. There will be 58 fewer flights from New York (LaGuardia), 43 from Savannah/Hilton Head, 30 from Los Angeles, 22 from Las Vegas, 17 from Toledo, and 13 from Orlando this year. Overall, flights will be reduced by 13.3% at Chicago O’Hare, 10.4% at Houston (Bush), and 10% at Dallas/Fort Worth. On Thanksgiving Day, US Airways has cut 40% of its flights, Delta Air Lines has dropped 26%, and United Airlines has reduced its schedule by 22% over last year. The good news is, while many airports have double-digit reductions, others—like San Antonio, Baltimore, and Fort Walton Beach—have actually added flights to their schedules. JetBlue is operating 3% more flights and Southwest plans to add 15 to its schedule at the end of the Thanksgiving weekend. To see what you can expect Patricia Stille Lederman Group Editor this fall and winter, go to www.usatoday.com/travel/ plederman@advanstar.com flights/holiday-flight-schedules.htm. HT Mission Statement Healthcare Traveler and www.HealthcareTraveler.com are the most widely read and favorite resources for mobile healthcare professionals and for those who might be interested in joining this community. Dedicated to this lifestyle, Healthcare Traveler engages and encourages nursing and allied healthcare professionals through the perspectives of industry experts and travelers alike. Practitioners can master life on the road, enhance their professional development, and connect with staffing companies and hospitals for career opportunities. www.healthcaretraveler.com November 2008 Healthcare Traveler 1 http://www.HealthcareTraveler.com http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/holiday-flight-schedules.htm http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/holiday-flight-schedules.htm http://www.HealthcareTraveler.com http://www.healthcaretraveler.com

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Healthcare Traveler - November 2008 Editor’s Desk Contents In a Flash Paws for Thought Field Notes You Said It Perks and Preferences A Latitude Adjustment Drug Update Clinical Tips Advice of Counsel Cityscape Advertiser’s Index Name It When In. . . It’s in the Bag Contest Rules Big Deals Tax Facts Going the Distance Allied Corner Classifieds Tales from the Road

Healthcare Traveler - November 2008

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