ShiftRx
3 known investors
ShiftRx is a staffing platform that connects pharmacists and pharmacy technicians with per diem shifts and full-time roles, while helping pharmacies and staffing agencies fill open shifts and manage provider placements. It serves healthcare facilities, pharmacy professionals, and staffing agencies in the US pharmacy sector.
Also known as ShiftOS, Inc. · ShiftRx, Inc.
Founders & leadership
Investors · 3
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026ShiftRx operates a healthcare staffing platform focused on pharmacy, connecting pharmacy professionals with per diem (PRN) shifts and full-time roles while giving pharmacies and staffing agencies tools to build and manage flexible workforces. The company frames pharmacy understaffing as a patient-care issue, citing published figures on medication errors and healthcare workforce turnover.
The platform serves three user groups. Healthcare facilities use a five-step guided job builder to move an open role to a live listing, post for pharmacists or pharmacy technicians, save drafts, and review qualified candidates. Pharmacy professionals use a mobile app to browse nearby open shifts with pay rate, location, and schedule shown before applying, apply in a single action, and track applied, confirmed, and completed shifts. Staffing agencies use a placement dashboard to manage their roster, see where each provider is placed, coordinate coverage across multiple facilities, and reduce scheduling conflicts before they reach clients.
Beyond the marketplace, the company markets a product called Holly, described as an AI agent for workforce administration, and states that it builds agents for healthcare. Company materials describe the use of generative AI and large language models to create customized onboarding modules that prepare temporary providers for specific clinical environments, alongside sourcing, credentialing, scheduling, and payment of temporary healthcare providers. Site footers carry both "ShiftRx, Inc © 2024" and "ShiftOS, Inc © 2025" notices.
Founding story
Cofounders Autumn-Kyoko Cushman (CEO) and Leann Haddad, who first met in high school, came up with the idea in May 2023 and started the company that month, launching the product in August 2023. Neither came from a coding background, so they initially handled branding, UX/UI, social media and platform building themselves before adding technical help.
Business model
ShiftRx runs a multi-sided software platform: pharmacies and health systems post open shifts and full-time roles, pharmacy professionals apply to and complete shifts, and staffing agencies place and manage providers through a dedicated dashboard. Company FAQ material references platform pricing, provider pay timing, cancellation policy, and a referral program, and the site offers self-service sign-up as well as a booked demo path.
Traction
Company channels cite 500+ pharmacies served, an average fill time of 24 hours, a 4.9 provider rating, and nationwide coverage. Trade press reported the cofounders had raised $3.6 million from investors as of March 2025, and the CEO has described nationwide scale and significant growth since the company's early period.
Latest developments
As of 2025 the company was in an intensive product-development phase, with both cofounders still active and Cushman serving as CEO. Its site markets an AI agent product, Holly, for workforce administration alongside the core staffing platform, and a 2025 footer notice appears under the name ShiftOS, Inc.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
Positions itself as an alternative to traditional pharmacy staffing agencies and claims to host the largest PRN pharmacy community in the US, with the founders describing the company as addressing the healthcare provider shortage starting with pharmacy.
Pharmacy-specific focus covering both pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, transparent pay/location/schedule details shown before applying, fast self-service posting, AI-generated onboarding tailored to each clinical setting, and a single dashboard for agencies managing placements across multiple facilities.
Technology
A web platform plus a mobile app for providers, including a guided multi-step job posting builder, shift browsing and application tracking, and an agency placement dashboard. Company materials describe use of generative AI and large language models to generate tailored onboarding modules for providers entering new clinical environments, and a separate AI agent product, Holly, aimed at workforce administration.
Go-to-market
Direct online sign-up for pharmacy professionals and facilities, a "book a demo" motion for organizations, a channel serving staffing agencies, a referral program, and a scholarship program. Founder visibility through pharmacy-industry and healthcare podcasts and trade-press coverage supports awareness.
Pharmacies, health systems and other healthcare facilities needing shift coverage; pharmacists and pharmacy technicians seeking per diem or full-time work; and staffing agencies placing pharmacy providers with client facilities.
Geography
United States, with the company describing nationwide coverage across states and referencing remote shift pick-up in states where a provider holds licensure.
History
Founded in May 2023 with a product launch in August 2023. Late 2023 was the company's most difficult period: a technical cofounder/engineer departed for another startup, causing a prospective lead investor to pull out and the funding round to collapse. The founders had quit their jobs and liquidated savings, and were down to a few thousand dollars in the bank while floating cash to pay providers on signed contracts. Cushman re-approached an investor from the failed round, secured capital, and weeks later the company closed its seed round, after which it brought on contractors and grew. In March 2025 the cofounders were recognized on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, and by May 2025 the company reported being in a heavy product push with nationwide operations.
Risks & controversies
The company came close to failure in late 2023 when the departure of an engineer led a lead investor to withdraw and a funding round to fall apart, leaving the founders with only a few thousand dollars while needing to prefund provider payments on new contracts. Headline platform metrics (pharmacies served, fill time, fill rate, ratings) are self-reported by the company and not independently verified in the available material.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 5
launches, deals, and filingsPharmacy trade publication RXinsider reported that ShiftRx cofounders Autumn-Kyoko Cushman and Leann Haddad were named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list; the item noted they had raised $3.6 million from investors.
The company launched its pharmacy staffing product roughly three months after founding.
Cofounders Autumn-Kyoko Cushman and Leann Haddad came up with the idea and started the company in May 2023.
A prospective round fell apart in late 2023 when an engineer/technical cofounder left and the would-be lead investor withdrew. The CEO re-engaged an investor from that round for bridge capital, and the company closed its seed round weeks later.
An engineer brought on as an effective technical cofounder left for another startup shortly after the product launch.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- ShiftRxshiftrx.io · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does ShiftRx do?
- ShiftRx is a US pharmacy staffing platform matching pharmacists and pharmacy technicians with per diem shifts and full-time roles.
- Who founded ShiftRx?
- ShiftRx was founded by Autumn-Kyoko Cushman, Leann Haddad.
- Who are ShiftRx's investors?
- ShiftRx's investors include Work-Bench, Inflect Health, Tau Ventures.