Healthcare Recruiting

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Real-world lessons from implementing AI in rural healthcare

From emergency department pilots to campus-wide rollout, rural facilities share hard-won lessons on AI implementation, including leadership education, steering committees, safe experimentation, and using ambient tools to ease provider workload When everyone else is zigging, that’s a good time to zag. Such was the case for the Arizona-based Mount Graham Regional Medical Center when it implemented an ambient listening tool, powered by AI, in its facility. While many hospitals are focused on bringing this to clinics, this hospital started with the emergency department (ED), according to Justin Millar, the organization’s CIO. His comment was part of a webinar hosted by the American Hospital Association (AHA) titled “Building the AI-Ready Rural Workforce: What Leading Hospitals Are Doing Now.” The session provided first-hand accounts of AI implementations from four executives across three different rural facilities. AI to improve patient charts with less effort Ambient listening tools promise to help doctors with charting […]

Stuck candidates: Qualified mid-funnel applicants lost in the healthcare HR recruiting pipeline

Focusing on ‘stuck candidates’ helped this healthcare system uncover qualified candidates overlooked by automation, streamlined recruiting, improved CX, and saved HR time and budget The talent shortage in healthcare is real, yet there are internal processes that compound the issue. That’s according to a recent webinar, which was CLE-accredited, by the American Society for Health Care Human Resources Administration (ASHHRA). The CLE eligible webinar featured Mary Warwick, MSHR, who is a director of talent acquisition for Community Health System. The webinar was hosted by Matt Rimer, the co-founder and chief operating officer at RogueHire. Community Health is a non-profit provider that operates four hospitals in Central Valley, California. It cut its time-to-fill provider positions by 47 days in just 12 months by focusing on ‘stuck candidates’ in their recruiting pipeline. Focusing on ‘stuck candidates’ reduces time-to-fill Time-to-fill is a key metric in healthcare talent acquisition. Industry benchmarks show it takes […]

Eliminating rote work: Effective use cases for AI in healthcare

Healthcare is moving faster to adopt AI than any other industry; the most effective implementations remove repetitive and rote work AI can do amazing things, yet the technology is prone to making mistakes. Spotting those errors requires expertise. Mark Bates, who leads the product team here, summed this up nicely for Healthcare IT Today: “The best use case is augmenting existing skills, knowledge, and experience, especially in a nuanced industry like healthcare. While generative AI can process and organize vast amounts of information – beyond a human capacity – it still takes a layer of institutional knowledge to identify the kernel of insight worth pursuing.” That’s the approach we’ve taken in adding AI to our rural healthcare recruiting platform. It’s also the approach that seems to be most pervasive in healthcare. A recent story by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) – Hospitals are a proving ground for what AI can […]

5 healthcare credentialing challenges this recruiting platform solves for rural facilities

Overconfidence in credentialing processes can easily lead to $50k-$100k lost monthly billings per provider; Healthcare Workforce Management addresses the blind spots and prevents revenue leakage Time is money, especially when it comes to recruiting and onboarding new providers in healthcare. While most businesses can hire new staff and put them to work right away, that’s not true in healthcare. Healthcare employers need to ensure providers are properly credentialed before they can see patients. Credentialing isn’t just about licenses to practice medicine. Those things are important and required, but so too is payer credentialing. Newly hired providers can’t even see patients until they are credentialed, let alone bill for providing those services. Health insurance companies each have their own unique processes for credentialing – and it takes time. Many say too much time. However, this means healthcare facilities and rural hospitals must have their processes fine-tuned, or risk adding to the […]

In a boost to rural healthcare, Intelliworx adds generative AI to its healthcare recruiting platform to help attract providers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pragmatic approach to artificial intelligence aims to augment human resources, enabling rural healthcare to compete more effectively amid the shortage of healthcare providers Williamsburg, VA –January 29, 2025 – Intelliworx announced today it has added generative AI to its healthcare recruiting platform, Healthcare Workforce Management. The new feature assists human resources and recruiters in drafting job descriptions with key requirements such as education, experience, certifications and licenses. Healthcare employers benefit by generating more complete, compelling and tailored job descriptions to attract the best provider candidates. “The use case for this implementation of generative AI can be summarized as ‘further and faster’ with the same resources,” says Mark Bates, vice president of product management for Intelliworx. “It’s an elegantly simple implementation that provides a recruiter or HR manager with a first draft that is 80-90% complete at the click of a button.” Many healthcare employers keep a library […]

How Should Healthcare Organizations Adopt Generative AI? [Healthcare IT]

Healthcare organizations are rapidly experimenting with generative AI to address staffing shortages and operational complexity. Early adoption models vary widely, leading to inconsistent results and growing skepticism around ROI. Analysis of real world use cases reveals three dominant approaches. Wildcard and passive deployments often disappoint due to lack of oversight and context. Augmentative AI, by contrast, pairs technology with experienced professionals who can evaluate and refine output. Augmentative AI supports existing expertise rather than replacing it. This approach improves efficiency, maintains quality, and offers a practical path forward for healthcare leaders seeking sustainable AI value. Key Takeaways Generative AI delivers the most value when augmenting experienced healthcare professionals Wildcard and passive AI approaches often fail to produce reliable ROI Augmentative AI improves productivity without sacrificing quality Recruiting and HR workflows benefit immediately from expert guided AI use Healthcare leaders should prioritize augmentation focused AI strategies Read the full Contributed Blog […]

Search trends: Which healthcare employers are searching for providers?

Not all healthcare employers are putting the same emphasis on recruiting searches for providers; hospital hiring is hampered by a “prevailing mood of uncertainty” Despite the shortage of providers in healthcare, not all organizations are placing the same earnestness in recruiting additional help. That’s one of the more surprising observations from the annual review of provider searches by AMN Healthcare (formerly Merritt Hawkins). The company provides staffing solutions, among other services, for healthcare organizations. Every year it compiles data from its searches to produce reports. This year AMN published its 32nd edition based on more than 1,400 searches during a 12-month period ending March 31, 2025. While every healthcare employer seemingly needs additional staff, some categories are noticeably more active than others. We previously covered some of the quantitative healthcare provider compensation benchmarks. In this post, we’re looking at search trends by the type of healthcare employer segmented in the […]

Intelliworx to Exhibit Healthcare Recruiting Software Solution, Designed for Rural Health, at 3RNET Annual Conference

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Annual conference brings together healthcare providers and professionals dedicated to solving the challenges of rural healthcare recruitment and retention Williamsburg, VA – August 21, 2025 – Intelliworx announced today it will exhibit at the 3RNET Annual Conference, held on August 26-27, 2025, in Reno, Nevada. The conference brings together healthcare professionals from business, government and academia to focus on solving the challenges of recruiting and retaining providers in underserved areas. “There’s been a shortage of providers across all of healthcare for a while now, but this problem hits rural healthcare communities even harder,” said Intelliworx Sales Director Patrick Youngblood, DBA, SPHR. “Medical students tend to stay in metropolitan areas where they trained, which leaves rural areas with a smaller pool of candidates – and it’s happening at a time when rural physicians are retiring at a rate faster than they can be replaced.” While Intelliworx is better […]

10 ways HWM helps rural healthcare recruiting shorten time-to-fill

Purpose-built software suite helps rural recruiters streamline every step of the process – from identifying ideal candidates to credentialing – reducing the time, costs, and administrative burden of healthcare recruiting by Intelliworx One of the keys to overcoming adversity is to focus on the things you can control. What may sound like personal development advice also fits well in a business setting. The challenge facing rural healthcare recruiters is a good example. The shortage of provider talent, while affecting the entire healthcare sector, has hit rural healthcare especially hard. Healthcare recruiters can’t control the availability of the talent pool, but they can improve the recruiting process to be in a better position to make an offer when the opportunity permits. That’s the central thesis behind our Healthcare Workforce Management (HWM) solution. We discovered this business pain through our work with the Healthcare Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP), which is managed by the […]

7 creative ways for rural healthcare employers to recruit providers

From targeted recruitment incentives to community partnerships, less conventional but practical programs may help rural hospitals and clinics successfully attract top medical talent by Intelliworx Recruiting providers is a complicated, expensive and time-consuming process. The persistent shortage of healthcare talent adds layers of complexity. To that end, there’s a voluminous body of healthcare recruiting statistics that is troubling: The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) estimates the U.S. “will face a physician shortage of up to 86,000 physicians by 2036.” “Nearly half (48%) of hospital executives” surveyed by FTI Consulting found that many “believe that their hospitals are not fully equipped to handle current patient volumes.” “More than half (58%) of health system executives expect workforce challenges, such as talent shortages, the need for upskilling, and retention issues, to influence their organizational strategies in 2025,” according to Deloitte. It’s worth noting this is happening at a time when the number […]

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