Workforce Scheduling

With labor costs at 50 to 70% of the average hospital’s operating budget, effective management of that scarce, but critical resource is a necessary operational requirement to ensure high quality and satisfactory patient outcomes. But, the current shortage of qualified registered nurses has made healthcare workforce management one of the more critical operational needs facing healthcare organizations. Automated workforce management solutions that offer advanced scheduling functionality help healthcare organizations lower labor costs, improve nurse retention, and increase patient satisfaction.

With the alliance between Interbit Data and Manpower Software, healthcare organizations can now integrate an advanced workforce scheduling solution into their daily operational environment. The MAPS Health Suite enables organizations to replace inefficient, manual labor scheduling processes with powerful tools for more effective use of your workforce.

Ensuring that patients receive the best possible care is the primary concern to everybody involved in healthcare. But making sure the supply of staff is in place to meet the patient demand is not as simple as merely assigning staff to a shift; it’s a complex problem involving many elements and all areas of the organization. The challenges facing many healthcare organizations include:

• Improving patient care - getting the rights skills on the unit at the right time has a direct impact on the quality of care provided.
• Making better use of staff - staff hours need to be utilized more effectively, ensuring they are only scheduled where they are required.
• Managing staffing costs – by utilizing existing staff better, costs can be reduced and kept within budget.

Addenbrooke’s Hospital

Improved Staff Morale and Patient Experience

The MAPS Healthroster system stood out from the competitors – staff liked it and felt it was intuitive and liked the company’s understanding of the differences and complexities of scheduling in different areas of the hospital, whether it be Maternity., ER or a general unit.

Lyn McIntyre
Assistant Director of Nursing
Addenbrooke’s Hospital
Cambridge, U.K.

Implementing a solution that effectively schedules the optimal number and type of skilled, qualified employees can help a hospital transform the complex and time-consuming task of staff scheduling and resource allocation control into a well-managed process. By automating the scheduling process, hospitals can eliminate the manual copying of schedules into the calendaring system, saving management hours of time that can be better used to ensure quality patient care.

Contact us to find out how our workforce scheduling solutions can ensure your healthcare facility will easily implement a complex schedule and efficiently manage your temporary staff.