Subscribe to Blog ContentInvestment in Technology Leads to Cost Savings
Medical staff needs more money for patient care.
Finance needs to cut the budget.
Where's the middle ground? Healthcare organizations are finding success in using technology to lower contract labor costs and turnover. Though the situation involves making an initial investment in technology, these organizations save millions.
Companies like Bidshift and AtStaff provide software solutions to help staff manage patient needs and staffing care. BidShift allows medical staff to use its Web-based application for viewing and requesting shifts from any computer. The solution allows staff to fill shifts from outside of their units. When one unit is overstaffed and another is understaffed, BidShift makes adjustments and qualified staff members fill the open shifts.
AtStaff's ClairVia and Physician Scheduler contain real-time staffing and scheduling data as well as personalized dashboards. Staffing managers use the data to find and assign employees to shifts. An understaffed area won't need to rely on outside contractors to fill their needs -- instead they could pull qualified staff from overstaffed units.
These systems provide staff members with scheduling flexibility and cuts time spent on administrative tasks. In times when organizations scramble to save money, smart organizations know they need toget the cash to invest in something that will help them become more efficient and the result leads to happier staff.
Read more about how medical organizations benefit from technology (http://bidshift.com/pdf/article_aorn_110707.pdf), (http://bidshift.com/pdf/article_business_of_caring_200801.pdf), (http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080312/20080312005108.html?.v=1).
Lockergnome.com contributes an interesting report on this topic.
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