How Can A Scheduling System Like The AcuStaf Solution Help Your Operation?

AcuStaf’s labor management software suite empowers operational managers to accurately put the right people in the right place at the right time.

• Labor Scheduling – this system supports a variety of scheduling methods within a hospital environment including: Block-Scheduling and Cyclical Scheduling. This is what’s used to automate the creation and management of the work schedule.
• Labor Staffing – Addresses issues arising from the constantly changing nature of a healthcare workforce and its responsibilities.      
• Time and Attendance – this system tracks worker comings and goings while also serving as a communication channel for a client. 
• Workload Tracking – this module tracks information associated with the workload of staff on an individual employee basis as well as a staff-wide basis.
• Employee License and Credential Tracking – keeps track of worker credentialing and licensing requirements; reminds managers and employees.  (Note: AcuStaf is not endorsed for Credentialing solutions)
• Benefit Accrual – allows employees and managers to quickly check vacation time, sick time, etc.
• Personal Access – web-based system allows employees who are granted access to access the system from a remote location.
• Payroll Rule Automation – every hospital has complex sets of rules for how they pay their employees, this system automates those rules and processes.
• Executive Decision Support – Reporting capabilities available through the system provides information necessary to make informed staff scheduling decisions.

I’m A Nurse Manager… When Did I Become A Labor Manager?

We already have a great deal of talent in our system. Can we make better use of our workforce, making sure the best talent is used efficiently while optimizing our operational efforts? While the objective is to find the right people with the right qualifications to work when you need them, how do you achieve that? Don’t we owe it to our patients to provide them with the most qualified practitioners focused on their specific needs? After all, hospital care at its core is about people caring for people. According to the “Six IOM Aims” and the AHA’s Pursuit of Excellence efforts, patient centered care is at the heart of our efforts.

Managing Efficiency and Increasing Quality with a Nurse Manager’s Budget

There are at least two major forces working together to make effective staff scheduling critical. There are work shortages, especially with nurses, and finding staff with correct qualifications when you need them is increasingly difficult. Additionally, as hospitals strive for increased operational and financial efficiencies, managing that complex staff on a nurse managers’ budget while increasing quality standards requires innovation.

We Have Studied The Market, And We Have A Solution.

AcuStaf is able to bring true automation, with a healthcare focus, to the scheduling process, allowing hospitals for the first time to capitalize on the benefit of scheduling with detailed, real-time information.  This increases the accuracy of all schedules, increasing the organizational efficiency as well. 

AcuStaf allows unique access to the scheduling system by all managerial hospital employees.  Inefficiencies within the scheduling process tend to arise from out of date information or a lack of employee input into the schedule creation. If, for instance, an employee simply is not available for a certain schedule on a recurring basis, it is beneficial to have that knowledge on hand during the creation of a schedule. 

The scheduling solution from AcuStaf has the ability to integrate/interface with other hospital information systems such as payroll and HR. AcuStaf is able to provide users with critical information in order to identify actionable ways in which to improve upon processes and ultimately create more value.

 

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