Aya Healthcare, founded in 2001 and based in San Diego, is a healthcare staffing and workforce optimization firm running its own VMS, analytics and mobile platforms alongside clinical staffing services.
Aya Healthcare is a healthcare workforce optimization company that pairs staffing services with proprietary talent technology. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in San Diego, California, it connects healthcare organizations with clinical professionals across travel nursing, allied health, per diem staffing, permanent placement and locum tenens physician placement, the latter also offered through its subsidiary Aya Locums. International recruitment services bring healthcare professionals to partner facilities outside the United States.
On the technology side, the company builds and operates its own platforms. LotusOne is a proprietary vendor management system for healthcare workforce management; Workforce AI applies predictive analytics to workforce planning; and the Shifts app is a mobile-first shift management application. The technical domains span workforce optimization software, vendor management systems, predictive analytics and AI, mobile applications, digital staffing platforms and talent marketplaces.
Aya Healthcare describes itself as the largest healthcare talent software and staffing company in the United States and the global leader in workforce optimization, and says it operates the world's largest digital staffing platform. Its stated mission holds that everyone deserves access to the very best care; the company emphasises giving healthcare workers more freedom and flexibility in their careers and giving healthcare systems greater control over their workforce. Subsidiary brands include Aya Locums, Aya Education and Qualivis.
