Kahuna and Relias partner to connect learning and competency in healthcare workforce management

Kahuna Workforce Solutions has entered into a strategic partnership with Relias to launch an integrated system that connects clinical education with real-time competency validation. The collaboration aims to help healthcare organisations strengthen workforce readiness, ensure compliance, and enhance care quality across their teams.

By integrating Kahuna’s skills and competency management platform with Relias’ accredited learning content, the partnership creates a closed-loop process where training outcomes are directly validated through on-the-job performance. This alignment allows hospitals, clinics, and care facilities to verify that clinicians who complete training are fully qualified to apply their knowledge safely and effectively in practice.

“By integrating education with competency validation, we’re providing organisations with an easier way to improve patient outcomes and elevate care quality,” said Felicia Sadler, vice president of Quality at Relias.

Kahuna CEO Jai Shah added that the collaboration gives healthcare leaders clear visibility into workforce readiness, enabling them to manage compliance, ensure staff competency, and deploy resources efficiently. The integrated platform also supports faster onboarding, better mobility between departments, and real-time insight into qualifications—key priorities for healthcare systems under pressure to maintain high standards amid workforce shortages.

Headquartered in Houston, Kahuna delivers SaaS-based tools for skills validation, competency mapping, and workforce analytics. Relias, which supports 13,000 healthcare organisations and 4.5 million caregivers, provides connected solutions for learning, compliance, quality improvement, and performance optimisation across the care continuum.

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