April 13, 2018 – Despite what many professionals working in provider organizations may have experienced, filling open shifts does not need to be a chaotic and challenging process. A tremendous amount of waste, in both time and dollars, is tied to traditional processes of filling open shifts. The emotional response and inefficiency of a last-minute process…
March 12, 2018 – HR and nursing leaders understand and feel the effects of unhappy employees – disengagement, decreased productivity, and turnover. Here are 5 ways leaders can help ensure team morale stays positive and employees are engaged. Click here to read the article in Becker’s Hospital Review.
December 1, 2017 – Standardization of policies and practices creates a framework for predictable results. In this article, Jackie Larson shares why it’s important to consistently monitor and enforce your staffing policies. Click here to read the article in The Staffing Stream
November 9, 2017 – Avantas president Jackie Larson, along with Shane Hilton and Debbie McIntuff from Mountain States Health Alliance describe how Mountain States prioritized workforce optimization and transparency to leverage predictive analytics and realize significant labor cost savings. Click here to read the article in Becker’s Hospital Review.
August 15, 2017 – In this article, Jackie Larson discusses one of the most important elements of success in a mergers and acquisitions scenario: prioritizing standardization of operational policies and practices. Aligning workforce policies and applying them at the enterprise level is critical for newly managed health systems. Click here to read the article in The Staffing…
June 13, 2017 – Jackie Larson and Gail Schuetz from the University of Kansas Hospital discuss the fact that while organizational policies and practices maybe are not the most gripping topics, they are vitally important for standardization, realizing predictable and sustainable outcomes, and promoting fairness through their uniform application. Click here to read the article in Workforce…
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.
December 10, 2014 – In the second and final installment of this series from ADVANCE for Nurses, Jenny Korth, CMPE, provides detailed insight into the three areas new nurse manager experience is typically lacking: productivity, budgeting and staffing strategies. She also speaks to the impact an organization’s culture plays in preparing new nurse managers to…
November 27, 2013 – Co-authored by Sherri Luchs, Chief Administrative Officer at Penn State Hershey Medical Group and Jackie Larson from Avantas, Medical Practice Insider has published the second installment of a four-part series exploring the strategies, technologies and change management protocols Penn State Hershey is implementing in its journey to transform its approach to…