May 11, 2016 – Nurse and patient safety is critically important to all clinical leaders. Yet, safety practices frequently result from policies that are created when it’s too late – after a preventable event has occurred. Kelli Hinshaw, director of client education at Avantas, explains how proactively creating a positive safety culture is to admit that…
April 6, 2016 – Kelly Gooch from Becker’s Hospital Review, spoke with Avantas president, Jackie Larson, about three staffing metrics every provider organization should be monitoring. Attention to these three metrics can play a big part in an organization’s drive to improve quality, increase retention, and save money. Click here to read the article in Becker’s Hospital Review….
January 25, 2016 – Avantas’ director of client education, Kelli Hinshaw, identifies three common (and seemingly harmless) statements leaders make to staff that will end up dooming any initiative. Click here to read the article in Becker’s Hospital Review.
August 18, 2015 – Avantas’ President, Chris Fox, discusses how predictive analytics, workforce analytics, and best-practice strategies can converge into the making of a continuum of care that is stable, sustainable, and of the highest quality. Click here to read the article in Becker’s Hospital Review.
May 14, 2015 – At the Becker’s Hospital Review 6th Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 8, Jackie Larson and Sherri Luchs (Penn State Hershey Medical Group), discussed how the transition from a traditional fixed staffing model to a variable staffing model, along with the adoption of technology and operational best practices, can improve quality and…
May 1, 2015 – Avantas announced today that its Senior Vice President, Jackie Larson, and Penn State Hershey’s Sherri Luchs, MHA, BSN, of the Center for Enterprise Innovation, will present “Rethinking Labor Management” at the Becker’s Hospital Review 6th Annual Meeting. During the presentation, Larson and Luchs will discuss key staffing metrics and describe the…
February 23, 2015 – In this article from Becker’s Hospital Review, Jackie Larson, Avantas’ Senior Vice President, provides strategies to the six most common pain points organizations that have implemented centralized resource management can experience. Like all workforce strategies, centralizing workforce management is not a “one-and-done” solution. Success with this strategy requires a firm foundation…
October 9, 2014 – While there is a lot of research on the topic of turnover, there is very little information specific to the effect staffing metrics have on it. “Staffing” is consistently ranked as one of the top reasons for turnover, but what in particular about staffing leads to turnover? We are all aware…
June 6, 2013 – Chris Fox was asked by Becker’s Hospital Review to comment on the state of consolidation in healthcare and provide insights on strategies to optimize labor to achieve the benefits of the trend. Click here to read the article