AHSA, a Trio Workforce Solutions company and a premier provider of workforce and technology solutions tailored to the healthcare industry, announced a strategic partnership with Henry Ford Health, a nationally-recognized leader in clinical excellence and healthcare innovation. This innovative partnership enables Henry Ford Health to enhance its physician workforce management by improving fulfillment rates, strengthening the quality of candidate submittals throughout its extensive network of healthcare facilities, and allowing the organization to lead advancement within the space.

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A Bold Vision for Physician Staffing

Like many healthcare organizations across the U.S., Henry Ford Health recognized challenges with unfilled staffing orders, gaps in technology, mismatched candidate skill sets, and rising locum tenens costs. As such, leadership at Henry Ford Health saw an opportunity to take a different approach within a managed service provider and develop a Locums float pool. Through this new partnership with AHSA, Henry Ford Health will focus on creating a proactive, cost-effective physician staffing approach—enhancing quality, streamlining fulfillment, and developing a more robust infrastructure to support its clinical teams.

“We are thrilled to partner with AHSA on this next phase of our workforce evolution,” said Scott Ragland, Director of Vendor Contracting, Centralized Staffing Office at Henry Ford Health. “Henry Ford Health’s vision to create a best-in-class, patient-focused physician staffing program aligns perfectly with AHSA’s demonstrated experience in optimizing healthcare workforce solutions and technology.”

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The collaboration paves the way for Henry Ford Health to develop and manage its own internal physician contingent float pools within Trio Workforce Solutions’ flagship software, Trio VMS. The long-term objective for Henry Ford Health is to create a sustainable, in-house delivery model equipped with strong processes, reliable talent pipelines, and technology—resulting in improved patient care, reduced staffing gaps, and enhanced operational agility. By implementing a self-managed internal physician float pool, Henry Ford Health will create a more flexible scheduling environment for physicians that desire more flexibility, while also fostering a strong culture of employee engagement and retention.

“We are honored to partner with such a visionary healthcare system in Henry Ford Health,” said Kelly Rakowski, CEO at AHSA. “Our mutual goal is to reshape and modernize locum tenens & physician recruitment, ensuring that Henry Ford can continue to provide top-quality care to the communities it serves. We look forward to working alongside the teams at Henry Ford to empower them on their mission to deliver exceptional patient care.”