Author: Jackie Larson

Jackie Larson, President, Avantas With more than 20 years of experience providing outsourced staffing and scheduling services for healthcare organizations, Avantas knows the importance of a disaster-preparedness plan. When COVID-19 forced Avantas itself to implement an extended, fully remote structure, we knew it was necessary that our internal plan must also ensure that our partners’…

Jackie Larson, President, Avantas Like so much else this year, our client roundtable went virtual. One of our favorite events we look forward to every year is our client retreat where we bring together leadership professionals from various health systems to have discussions about workforce management, connect with others, and learn and grow. With COVID-19…

Jackie Larson, President, Avantas As a healthcare workforce management partner, we love nothing more than gathering with our clients to understand their pain points and talk through issues that are top of mind for them. One of our favorite events of the year is our client retreat, where leaders from hospitals and health systems across…

Jackie Larson, President, Avantas A health system’s greatest asset is its staff. Many hospitals and health systems across the country have been tested like they’ve never had before over the past several months. Healthcare providers have been forced to adapt to a new routine as the coronavirus continues to strain the industry. The impact on…

Jackie Larson, President, Avantas At the beginning of the year, I reflected on how looking into our past can leverage our vision on the future. At the time, I had no idea the coronavirus was lurking around the corner ready to disrupt everyone’s plans and cause devastation across the globe. The majority of us have…

Jackie Larson, President, Avantas At the core of what we do here at Avantas is focused around HELM – Healthcare Enterprise Labor Management. All of our offerings are just pieces of the puzzle that is workforce management in healthcare. Smart Square, consulting, Workforce Planning Dashboard – all of these tools should be implemented within an…

Jackie Larson, President, Avantas Nurse scheduling may be one of the most challenging staff schedules to complete given the requirements that must be met. The nurse scheduling problem can be a major headache when creating schedules week after week that will likely leave some staff unhappy. This in addition to all the other demands of...

Jackie Larson, President, Avantas The inception of COVID-19 has highlighted and introduced a new set of challenges to healthcare organizations. Emergence from this situation in the strongest position possible and returning to more normalized operations quickly require a deliberate recovery strategy. While each strategy must be tailored to each specific healthcare organization and location, there...

Jackie Larson, President, Avantas Several months into the novel coronavirus, there are still many unknowns about COVID-19 and its impact on the human population. Doctors and researchers are learning more about it every day, and our society looks forward to a hopeful future. But, it is human nature to fear the unknown. Feeling anxious is...

Don’t fix it if it isn’t broken. How many of us have heard this in our lifetime? This ideology stunts growth and innovation by keeping people attached to inefficient processes. It invokes fear of change and uncertainty of what a different future may hold. Humans are, by nature, creatures of habit. The majority of us...