Innovation: Invest in the Future
Children’s hospitals and health systems have developed effective approaches to bolster their workforce and enhance their staffing strategies. Learn how they're leveraging data to optimize schedules, designing creative workforce strategies, and fostering greater diversity, equity, and inclusion.
About Children's Hospital Association
Children’s Hospital Association is the national voice of more than 200 children’s hospitals, advancing child health through innovation in the quality, cost, and delivery of care.
Data Insights
Workforce Optimization Using PROSPECT Data
Seattle Children’s equips leaders to be good financial stewards to reduce costs.
A Data-driven Approach to Workforce Challenges
Human resources and data analytics teams from Children’s Hospital Colorado partnered to create an analytics toolkit that addresses retention, recruitment and more.
Improve Hospital Staffing Models With PROSPECT
PROSPECT℠ helps children’s hospitals develop appropriate staffing standards, reduce costs and maintain viability in the market.
Strategies
Getting Ahead of the Hiring Curve
An internally built tool enables this hospital to fill nursing vacancies before they occur.
The Newest Role in Children's Hospitals
A children's hospital created a new position charged with developing and managing its artificial intelligence technology.
How to Build a Virtual Nursing Program
Three hospitals outline how virtual nursing is making a difference for their workforce and patients.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Bridging the Gender Gap in Pediatrics Leadership
Pediatric leaders outline how to get more women into leadership roles.
Addressing Social Determinants for Employees
A children’s hospital commits resources to support and empower employees affected by social determinants of health.
3 Strategies for a Diverse Nursing Workforce
A three-pronged initiative seeks to build teams that reflect the hospital’s patient population.
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Solutions for a Sustainable Workforce
Learn how children's hospitals and health systems are addressing workforce challenges through innovative initiatives and sustainable strategies.
Recruitment
Learn innovative approaches to recruit and bolster the pediatric workforce now and into the future.
Retention
Support your staff and engage employees to improve retention and reduce burnout.