January 2026 Workforce Newsletter
Do you feel empowered to lead your organization's workforce strategy in a landscape of constant change? Gaining greater control of your staffing models is necessary for building a resilient, effective, and forward-thinking healthcare system.
This issue of the Center for Workforce Research Newsletter provides you with the insights needed to drive meaningful change. Discover how to align your workforce with organizational goals, maximize talent, and bridge critical staffing gaps. We invite you to browse the content below for practical approaches to achieve long-term excellence.
Dive in now to discover:
- The Strategic Connector: Empowering CHROs to Drive Workforce Transformation: Explore actionable strategies for CHROs to lead workforce innovation, leverage advanced analytics, and align staffing models with organizational objectives.
- Addressing Leadership Retention Challenges with Interim Leadership: Discover how B.E. Smith’s interim leadership solutions can bridge critical gaps, drive initiatives, and ensure continuity in care and operations during times of transition.
- Driving Efficiency and Cost Control Through Strategic Locum Tenens: Learn how three health systems improved physician workforce efficiency and cost control with technology for centralized oversight and data-driven management.
- How a Rural Health System Built a Future-Ready Workforce with International Nurses: A rural Southeastern health system implemented a temp-to-perm international nurse staffing model, saving $35M and stabilizing its workforce.
- Data-Driven Coverage: The New Frontier of Workforce Intelligence: Explore a virtual panel discussion on how executives can use technology and data to drive coverage strategy, cost control, and clinician satisfaction.
- Balancing Per Diem Flexibility with Long-Term Stability at Ascension Living: Learn how Ascension Living optimizes its staffing models by balancing the flexibility of per diem talent with long-term stability through technology and data-rich dashboards.