Category Archives: Workforce Strategy

How Health Systems Can Lower W2 Labor Costs with 1099 Clinicians, Without Replacing Employees

The short answer: health systems lower total labor cost with 1099 clinicians by matching each [...]

The Complete Guide to Internal Float Pools in 2026

How health systems turn their employed clinical workforce into float capacity through pool design, staffing [...]

The Complete Guide to Implementing Workforce Optimization in Health Systems

Which workforce optimization services large health systems use, why implementation stalls at scale, and a [...]

Best Clinician Onboarding Platforms Compared: A Decision Framework

Compare clinician onboarding platforms on credentialing, facility-specific onboarding, scheduling connection, and coverage of employed and [...]

Best Hospital Workforce Platforms with HR Integrations: How to Evaluate Them

How to compare hospital workforce platforms by HRIS, payroll, scheduling, and onboarding integration depth, with [...]

How Internal Float Pools Work in Post-Acute Care

The short answer: an internal float pool in post-acute care works when it runs across [...]

What Integrations Does a Hospital Workforce Platform Need?

The short answer: a hospital workforce platform should work with six categories of existing systems: [...]

How to Evaluate Workforce Platforms for a Large Health System

The six criteria large health systems should use to compare workforce platforms, and the questions [...]

Per-Diem Shift Fill Rates: Why They Stall and How Health Systems Improve Them

Why per-diem shift fill rates stall and the five operational changes that move them, from [...]

Replacing Nursing Agencies: Why Sequencing Beats Sourcing

Removing agency from your buildings is a sequencing problem before it is a sourcing problem. [...]