Medix Partners With Leading Laboratory System for Decades of Workforce Success

What if you could turn complex workforce challenges into a strategic advantage, consistently optimizing operations and enhancing patient care across multiple ventures? This aspirational goal is a reality for a prominent laboratory system that has partnered with Medix for over two decades. Through various joint ventures and evolving industry landscapes, our deep collaboration has consistently provided tailored laboratory staffing solutions, addressing diverse staffing needs beyond just talent shortages and individual roles. This enduring partnership has transformed operational hurdles into sustained success.

About the Client

• One of the nation’s largest integrated laboratory systems operating as a joint venture between two leading healthcare entities
• A subsidiary of one of the top three diagnostic laboratories, and one of Arizona’s largest reference laboratories
• Performs over 100 million diagnostic tests per year

The Challenge

Over their long history, the client has faced numerous workforce challenges driven by multi-site expansion efforts and the evolving demands for their routine, molecular, prescription drug monitoring, genetics/genomics, and pathology testing services. These challenges extended beyond simple talent shortages, encompassing high turnover, the need for specialized skill sets, and the complexities of scaling their workforce across various joint ventures. Without a consistent, reliable partner, these hurdles could have significantly hampered growth and patient care delivery.

The Solution

To address these multifaceted challenges, the client partnered with Medix, a leading healthcare staffing company with hundreds of dedicated recruiters and over 20 years of industry experience. This enduring strategic partnership has focused on providing comprehensive and flexible laboratory staffing solutions to meet a wide array of talent needs.

The client chose Medix for these reasons:

• Deep understanding and expertise in healthcare and life sciences staffing challenges, particularly within integrated laboratory systems.
• Access to a vast pool of qualified candidates with the specialized skills to support the client’s business needs.
• A true partnership, based on open and transparent communication and a keen understanding of the client’s unique needs.
• Unique, customized solutions to overcome challenges, including Medix’s proprietary MyPrint assessment and flexible staffing models.

The Results

In the last 5 years of our partnership, Medix has placed 1,390 talent

• Extensive and Diverse Talent Placement: In the last five years of our partnership, Medix has placed 1,390 talent across crucial areas including:
  • Specimen Processing
  • Phlebotomy
  • Customer Service
  • Revenue Cycle (Billing and Collections)
• Enhanced Retention: The partnership has consistently contributed to higher talent retention across various roles, demonstrating the effectiveness of Medix’s matching and support strategies.
• Significant Cost Savings: Through efficient staffing solutions and improved retention, the client has realized substantial cost savings related to recruitment, onboarding, and overall talent management over the years.
• Strengthened Team Dynamics: Medix’s innovative assessment tools and collaborative approach have consistently helped the client build stronger, more cohesive teams, fostering a positive and productive work environment.

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