Data-backed talent management: How 1 health system is streamlining operations + reducing costs

Data-backed talent management: How 1 health system is streamlining operations + reducing costs
Becker's Hospital Review; by Becker's in collaboration with AMN Healthcare; 7/17/24
Healthcare talent acquisition and management face persistent challenges in today's labor market. How organizations confront these barriers, however, can serve as a key differentiator and lever for improvements in costs and recruits. Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS), a multi-institutional healthcare system that cares for patients across 15 communities in Illinois and Wisconsin, partnered with AMN Healthcare and successfully implemented a new contingent labor strategy to stabilize rates and improve the quality of candidates. Here are four underpinnings that form the foundation of HSHS' and AMN Healthcare's partnership:

1. HSHS lacked visibility across its core, flexible and contingent workforce, which led to siloed decision-making ...
2. To streamline operations and update processes, HSHS sought a partnership focused on change management and developing a unified future state ...
3. AMN Healthcare established a single Managed Services and Analytics Provider (MSAP) program ...
4. Time to fill open positions and labor costs have decreased dramatically ...