Author: Lorane Kinney

Lorane Kinney - Avantas Founder Without question few conversations associated with direct patient care induce a higher level of emotion than managing individual patient acuity. It’s easy to understand the anxiety this issue evokes. Various governing bodies require providers to prove that individual patient conditions are being considered in staffing decisions but no single method...

Staffing Excellence is and has always been hard to define. Still, we have made progress. We now know that applying the word staffing to the end-to-end cycle of labor management that is necessary within the acute care setting may encourage a far too narrow approach. It wrongly suggests efforts taken during the space in time...

What could go wrong? You’re confident in the plan you’ve set in place and have carefully considered every element. You know the hours of nursing care you’ll need to provide from your pool, developed the right compensation structure, and launched a strong recruitment, selection and on-boarding program. Nothing could go wrong. Right? Not so fast!...

My previous blog post established that having an array of reliable nurse staffing sources to expand your workforce during times of high need is one way to reduce costs, increase quality care, AND win the favor of your Finance team. Your CFO will become your Raving Fan when you are no longer paying for a...

Your challenge – issued in one of my recent blog posts – is to put a smile on your CFO’s face by reducing labor costs. Being his or her new BFF is easier than previously believed using a few surefire strategies available RIGHT NOW! Today’s post focuses on keeping core staff at a minimum. Why?...

I issued a challenge in a recent blog. Find and harvest the low hanging fruit. I offered  to help with my next several posts and even promised results to make your CFO smile. Here is the first plum ripening on the branch. Right Size Your Core Staff. I know what you’re thinking. This tidbit is...

You are different… each health organization is unique. Even within a multi-site organization, each hospital can be as different as night and day. Despite this, we’ve discovered one very important way in which you are the same. Your organization, your hospital, your department, your shift; ALL have amazing opportunities to improve, to Work Smarter. That’s...