Expand care team capacity with smarter design
Care capacity breaks when workforce design, competency, and data disconnect. Vizient connects analytics and support so teams contribute more effectively.
Workforce readiness multiplies care impact
Care team capacity is constrained by more than headcount. It is also shaped by onboarding speed, productivity variation, role design, and the ability to deploy people where they can contribute sooner. Vizient helps leaders build a more actionable model for capacity growth across the workforce they already have and the clinicians they are still developing.
In practice
What stronger care team capacity strategy makes possible
Workforce redesign expands sustainable care capacity
OBBB legislation sparks strategic workforce transformation—rethinking team structures, APP integration, and technology adoption to sustain care delivery.
Empowering nurse managers strengthens care capacity
National survey reveals strategic nurse manager support drives workforce stability, retention, and quality outcomes across frontline care teams.
AI strategies multiply care team capacity
Six-step framework enables responsible AI deployment that reduces burnout, automates workflows, and empowers teams to deliver more.
When organizations focus on creating healthy cultures, it leads to more engaged, higher performing teams, which enhances clinical and operational performance and, ultimately, contributes to financial sustainability.
Capacity constraints demand strategic leadership investment
Two-thirds of providers operate under capacity due to shortages while effective leadership rounding delivers 34% improvement, making strategic management essential.
The staffing shortage impact
In 2023, staff shortages led to 66% of providers operating under full capacity, with 63% of survey respondents noting that their organizations struggled to meet demand for patient access to physicians.
The leadership rounding effect
Effective leader rounding can show up to a 34% increase in teamwork, burnout reduction, local leadership, work-life balance and learning.
PRODUCTS
The capabilities behind the solution
Clinical Practice Solutions Center
Turn clinical practice performance into competitive advantage.
Vizient Networks
Combine intelligence, expert guidance, and peer collaboration to improve outcomes and accelerate progress.
Operational Data Base
Turn operational complexity into performance clarity workforce data and trusted benchmarking.
Workforce advisory
Work with our labor and productivity experts to build efficiency and capacity in your workforce.
Culture and Engagement Survey
Measure engagement and culture more clearly so leaders can target the issues shaping retention, safety, and performance.
Nurse leadership development
Build leadership capability, confidence, and consistency to support stronger teams and improve workforce capacity across the care continuum.
Workforce Capacity Analytics
Turn workforce data into more decisive capacity action
Capacity grows faster when leaders can see where staffing variance, role design, and productivity gaps are creating the most preventable operating drag.
Accelerated Onboarding Excellence
Help new clinicians contribute with confidence sooner
Transition pathways matter because capacity does not improve when newly hired clinicians remain in prolonged onboarding longer than necessary.
Existing Team Capacity Optimization
Build more capacity from the teams already in place
Organizations can unlock more usable capacity when role design, deployment strategy, and peer-backed operating practices help teams work at higher confidence and better fit.
ASSESS YOUR ORGANIZATION
See your organization's performance in perspective
See how you compare and where to focus next.