What a clinical placement consortium is, the four decisions every one of them makes, six published U.S. models side by side with sources, what a hospital gives up and gets, and how to start one.
Three competing North Carolina health systems run student clinical placements on one shared calendar with four published dates per term. What WakeMed, UNC Health, and Duke publish, how the sequence works, and what any health system can take from it.
Nursing programs reject tens of thousands of applicants for lack of clinical placements while hospitals pay agency rates for nurses. Much of the gap is placement capacity that exists and never gets used. How to find yours.
Published clinical rotation request deadlines, required portals, and onboarding lead times for student placements at 57 U.S. health systems, with source links. Verified September 2026.
CastleBranch is now DISA Healthcare Technology, Complio came from American DataBank, and both are under one owner. The timeline, what changed, what did not, and what to ask before renewing.
Why schools and health systems look for myClinicalExchange alternatives, when it is the right tool, four platforms worth shortlisting, and what switching costs from each seat.
What the PeopleGrove merger actually changed at CORE, when staying is the right call, four alternatives worth shortlisting, and what switching costs.
Two different reasons programs search for Typhon alternatives, when Typhon is still the right call, four platforms worth shortlisting, and whether to replace it or add alongside.
Why nursing and allied health programs look for Exxat alternatives, where Exxat is still the right choice, four platforms worth shortlisting, and what switching actually costs.
A clinical affiliation agreement is the contract that makes a student rotation possible, and the one document most programs track the least. What these agreements cover, why they delay placements by months, how auto-renewal clauses expire silently, and what schools and health systems should each be tracking.