ShiftMed Collaborates with Huron to Enhance Health Systems’ On-Demand Staffing Capabilities

ShiftMed, an on-demand W-2 marketplace for healthcare professionals (HCPs) announced it will collaborate with Huron, a global professional services firm, to support health systems in implementing its on-demand, marketplace staffing solutions. The collaboration between Huron and ShiftMed will help healthcare organizations manage the challenges they face in acquiring and managing skilled HCPs.

HR Technology News: Korn Ferry Launches AI-Powered Intelligence Cloud

ShiftMed is helping hospital systems save money three ways:

  • Reducing travel nurse expenditures by 50% in the first (12) months with its local nurse marketplace pool with more than 350,000 healthcare professionals.
  • Reducing onboarding time for hospital employees by 25% with My Credential App
  • Allowing in-house team members to pick up shifts decreasing agency usage by 15% with the My ShiftMed App

This collaboration will create opportunities for healthcare organizations to optimize staffing, create sustainable workforce models, and achieve operational excellence.

“We share a vision to disrupt the way healthcare systems engage with nurses and to reduce the healthcare industry’s dependence on staffing agencies. ShiftMed’s collaboration with Huron serves as a catalyst to our goal of scaling our innovative workforce platform with leading healthcare systems across the country,” said Maulik Shah, Executive Vice President of Workforce Innovation at ShiftMed. “We provide the tools and approaches to health systems that are looking for effective recruitment, deployment, and engagement. By helping these health systems develop their own local, on-demand workforce marketplace infrastructure, millions can be saved through rapid agency reduction.”

Huron brings extensive expertise in healthcare strategy, operations, financial consulting, and managed services, including a focus on workforce management. Its team play a vital role in preparing health systems in advance of ShiftMed’s deployment, aiding policy changes and operational activation during deployment, and assisting with greater product adoption and utilization support. Coupled with ShiftMed’s solutions, these services ensure maximum impact and sustainable cost management within the health system’s workforce strategy.

HR Technology News: Wabtec Wins TISS-Leapvault Award for Best Skill Development Program

“Collaborating with ShiftMed will further enable us to help our healthcare clients streamline the deployment of new workforce technology solutions to deliver exceptional care to patients in a cost-effective manner,” said Buffy Kelly, a Managing Director at Huron, where she guides healthcare organizations through workforce management, process, and patient flow redesign and supply chain management initiatives.

HR Technology News: First of Its Kind Virtual Reality Training Aims to Help Growing Demand in Skilled Trade Jobs Amid New Infrastructure Bill

[To share your insights with us, please write to sghosh@martechseries.com]

chain managementhealth systemsHealthcare professionalsmanaging skilledShiftMedworkforce strategy