Healthcare Innovation January 23, 2024
Franciscan Health launched its own travel nurse program to solve for nurse shortages
The 12-hospital, Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health system designed an in-house travel nurse program to solve their nurse shortage challenges without using an external staffing agency. Like many hospitals, Franciscan Health struggled with staffing shortages and rising costs during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Franciscan projected increasing external nurse spending from 2022 to 2023 by 36 percent. After relying on outside staffing agencies, Franciscan launched its travel nurse program in the summer of 2022. Since then, 300 nurses signed on. Now, Franciscan expects external nurse spending to decrease by 22 percent year-over-year.
Healthcare Innovation recently spoke with Franciscan’s Ellen Page, director of talent acquisition.
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