Newsletter February 2, 2026

February 2026 Workforce Newsletter

Do you feel empowered in your approach to workforce management? This month, we are sharing insights to help you build a more cost-effective, agile, and sustainable staffing strategy. Discover how you can take on today's challenges with confidence.

Explore powerful lessons on conquering single-vendor dependency, learn how one health system saved $6 million by rethinking its approach to overtime, and hear from Emory Healthcare's VP of Workforce Optimization on creating a culture that retains top talent.

It's time to take control and build a workforce capable of overcoming any obstacle. Browse this month’s content below.

Dive in now to discover: 

  • 2026 Healthcare Leadership Trends Report: This report highlights key challenges and strategies for healthcare executives, including the importance of AI, succession planning, addressing executive turnover, managing financial pressures, and building resilient, future-ready leadership teams. 
  • Breaking the Chains of Single Vendor Dependency: Advocates for a diversified, vendor-agnostic approach to locum tenens staffing, highlighting the risks of single-vendor dependency, and emphasizing the benefits of improved cost control, care continuity, and workforce sustainability. 
  • Elevate Care Podcast episode featuring Emory Healthcare's VP of Workforce Optimization: In this episode of the Elevate Care podcast, Nishan Sivathasan interviews Paola Buitrago, Vice President of Workforce Optimization at Emory Healthcare, on reimagining clinical workforce management through culture-driven retention, leadership development, and innovative staffing models. 
  • The Real Cost of Overtime: Discover how a multi-site health system transitioned from costly overtime to a proactive, blended staffing strategy—reducing labor spend, strengthening workforce stability, and protecting staff from burnout while maintaining high-quality patient care. 
  • Register now for our webinar, “Data-Driven Coverage: The New Frontier of Workforce Intelligence,” to learn how healthcare executives are using technology and real-time data to strengthen coverage strategy, control labor costs, and improve satisfaction across the clinical workforce, physicians included. 
  • Achieve a Better Workforce Balance: Flexibility Meets Stability- This recorded webinar shares strategies from industry leaders on using flexible solutions, technology, and supportive culture to address workforce challenges, reduce burnout, and achieve a resilient, stable healthcare team. 

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