Physician workforce optimization has become a strategic imperative for health systems. Rising demand, persistent shortages, and increasing complexity across sites of care are forcing leaders to rethink how clinical capacity is deployed.
The American Hospital Association’s Trailblazers report, The Future of Physician Workforce Optimization, sponsored by AmplifyMD, makes this clear. Drawing on examples from health systems including Memorial Hermann Health System, AdventHealth, and MUSC Health, the report shows that organizations can no longer rely on site-by-site staffing models or siloed specialty programs. To operate at scale, they need an enterprise approach that unifies clinical workflows, intelligently routes cases, and aligns specialist capacity with real-time demand.
Rather than adding more clinicians or launching more programs, leading systems are redesigning how coverage works—treating workforce optimization as an enterprise coordination challenge.
