PSG’s Anna AI Receives Vizient Innovative Technology Designation
PSG Global Solutions’ Anna AI has received an Innovative Technology designation from Vizient, recognizing the generative AI solution’s potential to support healthcare recruiting and operations. The company presented Anna AI at Vizient’s Innovative Technology Exchange in Las Vegas on September 24.
- Vizient designated PSG Global Solutions’ Anna AI as an Innovative Technology.
- The designation followed evaluation by Vizient client-led councils.
- Anna AI supports screening, candidate engagement and recruiting coordination.
- PSG says the system can conduct thousands of conversations across 17 languages.
- The product is aimed at high-volume healthcare hiring.
Vizient evaluates Anna AI for healthcare impact
Vizient’s Innovative Technology program evaluates selected products and technologies through healthcare experts serving on client-led councils. The review considers their potential to strengthen clinical care, patient and workforce safety, and the operational performance of healthcare organizations.
According to PSG Global Solutions, products receiving the designation are previously contracted solutions that Vizient identifies as having the potential to positively affect patient care and healthcare organizations’ business operations. Vizient may award an innovative product a contract outside the competitive bid cycle.
Kelly Flaharty, Vizient’s associate vice president of contract operations, said the client-led council found that Anna AI demonstrated qualities with the potential to influence patient care and healthcare operations.
AI recruiting support is built for high-volume hiring
PSG describes Anna AI as a generative AI solution built by recruiters for recruiters. It is designed for healthcare workflows that require rapid responses, with automated support for high-volume screening, early-funnel candidate engagement and recruiting coordination.
The system is intended to let recruiting teams focus on reviewing candidate information, handling exceptions, evaluating fit and making hiring decisions. PSG says Anna AI can hold thousands of personalized conversations at the same time across 17 languages in real time.
The company says this can help healthcare organizations connect more quickly with candidates for roles including medical assistants, certified nursing assistants, home health aides, patient access representatives, schedulers and allied health professionals. PSG also positions the product as a way to improve candidate engagement and create additional capacity in high-volume hiring environments.
What the designation means for healthcare organizations
The recognition gives Anna AI a peer-reviewed position within Vizient’s technology evaluation program. Vizient represents academic medical centers, pediatric facilities, community hospitals, integrated health delivery networks and non-acute healthcare providers, with approximately $156 billion in annual purchasing volume.
For users, the designation signals that Anna AI has been assessed for its possible relevance to healthcare operations, although the source does not provide independent performance results or adoption figures. PSG CEO Dave Bethea said the company believes the system can improve engagement between healthcare organizations and candidates while simplifying hiring processes.
PSG provides recruitment support across healthcare and other high-volume hiring environments. Its healthcare services include sourcing, screening, candidate engagement, credentialing support, onboarding support, modular RPO, full-cycle RPO and AI-enabled recruiting workflows through Anna AI.
