The clinical staffing landscape is becoming increasingly challenging each year, exacerbated by a 22.5% national RN turnover rate and the anticipated retirement of over 1 million RNs by 2030. This dwindling pool of qualified candidates puts pressure on nurse leaders, who bear the brunt of workforce management responsibilities. To effectively compete for talent, health systems must adopt modern recruitment methods like those used by Aya Healthcare, the largest talent software and staffing provider in the nation. Aya’s digital marketing strategies and fast, candidate-centric approaches have set t ..read more

Aya Healthcare, the largest healthcare talent software and staffing company in the United States, won the Best of Staffing Client Award by ClearlyRated for providing superior service to healthcare systems and hospitals across the nation. This is the third year in a row Aya has earned this honor, receiving stellar reviews in categories such as easy-to-use technology, robust software features, quality of clinicians provided to the facility, overall fulfillment process and effective and efficient communication. ClearlyRated’s Best of Staffing Award winners have proven to be industry leaders in se ..read more

Cristal Mackay, VP – Customer Success and Workforce AI, shared how our artificial intelligence perfectly matches staffing with patient demand, making sure patients have the caregiver when they need it. “Artificial intelligence is being used to help combat issues stemming from hospital staffing shortages across the country. Soon, these programs will be used in hospitals here in Indiana. The United States is in the midst of a healthcare worker shortage. There are not enough new healthcare workers graduating from training programs to fill the abundance of job openings. As this situation progress ..read more

San Diego — Aya Healthcare, the largest healthcare talent software and staffing company in the United States, today announced the acquisition of ID Medical, a leading workforce solutions provider in the United Kingdom (U.K.). ID Medical brings over 20 years of experience providing the National Health Service (NHS) and other healthcare organizations with innovative workforce solutions, including workforce management, international recruitment and temporary healthcare staffing. As part of the acquisition, ID Medical will make Aya Healthcare’s market-leading technology available to the NHS and U ..read more

San Diego, California – Aya Healthcare, the largest healthcare talent software and staffing company in the United States, is proud to announce its group president of workforce solutions, April Hansen, MSN, RN, will join the 2024 Nashville Health Care Council Fellows class. Hansen was selected for this highly competitive, national program and joins 31 of the healthcare industry’s brightest minds, most influential leaders and top drivers of change. This exclusive group of healthcare leaders will work to generate new ideas for addressing the industry’s most pressing challenges including data and ..read more

Aya’s Executive Vice President of Advisory Solutions, Jackie Larson, shared how artificial intelligence and predictive analytics are transformative forces to help healthcare leaders. Taking the Guesswork Out of Workforce and Capacity Planning Traditionally, the number of nursing resources needed is based on the number of beds or the average census. It’s a little more than just guessing as it doesn’t factor emerging needs, productivity timelines for workers such as new graduates, contractors, international workers and other variables. This guesswork approach can result in several challenge ..read more

“Experts estimate that at least 10,000 foreign nurses have been delayed indefinitely — a holdup that’s almost certain to worsen an already dire national shortage. After the pandemic led 100,000 nurses to leave their jobs due to burnout or early retirement, US hospitals looked abroad to fill the gap. To fill the gap, Sanford Health plans to hire so called travelers, or nurses who travel across the country for short-term contracts. Sanford Health is also trying non-human options. Sanford Health also partnered with software company Flexwise to deploy an artificial-intelligence tool that predicts ..read more

Digital staffing company Aya Healthcare acquired Winnow AI to bolster its physician recruitment capabilities as the industry grapples with a historic provider shortage. Aya Healthcare, with more than 7,000 global employees, operates a digital staffing platform that provides every component of healthcare-focused labor services, including travel nursing and allied health, per diem, permanent staff hiring, interim leadership, locum tenens and nonclinical professionals, according to the company. Aya’s software suite includes vendor management, float pool technology, provider services and predictiv ..read more

Aya Healthcare, the largest healthcare talent software and staffing company in the United States, today announced the acquisition of Winnow AI, a data science-driven solution that unlocks predictive physician insights and untapped connections to bolster an organization’s provider recruitment and retention strategies. Amidst a historic provider shortage, Winnow AI combines artificial intelligence with business intelligence to help organizations tap into a unique source of passive physicians who are likely to relocate to their region. Winnow’s AI model identifies the best predictive matches for ..read more

After five years working as a permanent nurse, Aya nurse fellow, Zac Shepherd, needed a change. As he contemplated what would come next in his career, he discovered travel nursing. Read more about Zac’s experience below as he shares the three reasons why traveling was the reset he needed to reignite his spark for nursing: Five years into my career as a nurse, I felt conflicted. I loved making a difference in people’s lives, but I was wearing down — physically, mentally and emotionally. Nursing asks a lot of you every shift, and it took a toll on me. I considered outpatient work, going back to ..read more