Bev Colan is a familiar face in the healthcare workforce optimization space, known not only for her extensive experience but also for her ability to help healthcare leaders tackle some of their toughest operational and financial challenges. As president of Venn Workforce Optimization, she is leading a new model that replaces outdated staffing approaches with smarter, systemwide workforce strategies that deliver measurable results.
We sat down with Bev to talk about what healthcare leaders are facing today and how Venn is helping them shift from reactive staffing to strategic workforce planning.
From Pressure to Performance
Hospitals and health systems are under growing pressure. Provider shortages, rising labor costs, and fragmented systems are eroding efficiency.
“Organizations come to us needing to cut costs, streamline operations, and make sense of their staffing spend,” Colan said. “Venn brings visibility and structure so leaders can make better decisions, faster.”
Colan says industry consolidation adds scrutiny and pressure to create efficiencies within healthcare operations.
"Healthcare organizations are coming to us because their operations are under the magnifying glass,” she shared. “How do we cut costs? How do we streamline? How do we access key data points to ensure transparency and accountability? It’s an opportunity for us to come in, ask questions, listen, and be a consultative partner to help in the process...to put all their operations in one centralized view, so they can see exactly what’s happening, and where and what they’re spending. All these metrics make everyone’s life easier.”
Venn goes beyond addressing the operational pain points of managing multiple vendor contracts with disparate terms and conditions, limited transparency in reporting and tracking spend, delayed invoicing, billing reconciliation issues, and fragmented communication channels with multiple agencies.
As healthcare systems of all sizes face mounting pressure to balance patient care excellence with financial sustainability, the need for a strategic, consultative partner has never been greater. That’s where Venn comes in.
Here's how clients benefit:
- Lower labor costs by optimizing the mix of full-time, float pool, and contingent workers
- Real-time visibility into workforce utilization and agency spend across units, departments and facilities
- Consolidated contracts and workflows to reduce inefficiencies and administrative burden
- Faster shift coverage using one centralized view of all available talent, both core and contingent
- Vendor accountability through curated panels, performance scorecards, and transparent reporting
- Proactive planning with quarterly strategy reviews that align workforce goals with clinical and financial outcomes
Turning Insight into Action
Venn’s approach blends consultative partnership, operational expertise, and purpose-built technology designed specifically for healthcare. At the center is Kimedics, one of the newest platforms on the market, developed to unify scheduling, credentialing, and vendor management into a single, transparent view of the workforce.
With Kimedics, clients make smarter, faster decisions based on real-time insights. This improves shift coverage, reduces premium labor spend, and simplifies workforce coordination across the enterprise.
A Smarter Way Forward
Venn was created to help healthcare leaders make confident, data-driven workforce decisions that improve outcomes and reduce cost. With a team grounded in clinical, operational, and Lean Six Sigma expertise, and a platform built for today’s demands, Venn delivers the clarity, control, and strategic insight healthcare organizations need.
Read to move beyond managing shifts and start shaping true workforce strategy? Let’s connect. Venn empowers healthcare organizations to take control of their workforce and achieve lasting, measurable results.