August 30, 2018 – The overabundance of available data in this digital age is both a blessing and curse. Meaningful insights are waiting to be unlocked in healthcare staffing data, but the struggle is knowing where to look and how to harness the information for actionable insights. For those in healthcare leadership positions, it’s a constant…
December 15, 2017 – A key aspect of an enterprise mentality is standardization of practices across the organization. In this article, Jackie Larson, along with Ken Bailey and Denise Robertson from CHI Health, explain how standardization of shift times has helped them expand their enterprise float resources and reduce instances of incidental worked time. Click here…
October 17, 2017 – Data analytics are doing big things in healthcare. But how do we make sense of all that data to drive actionable improvements? Jackie Larson discusses how approaching analytics with empathy guides healthcare organizations to impactful results. Click here to read the article in The Huffington Post.
September 25, 2017 – Metrics such as how much time staff spend on the clock before or after their scheduled shift time are often overlooked but offer cost-savings opportunities if monitored routinely. Read how analytics can help uncover areas of opportunity in this latest article by Jackie Larson. Click here to read the article in Becker’s Hospital…
October 18, 2016 – Rita Barry and Brian Sheinfeld of Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State Health, teamed up with Jackie Larson to write about their initiative to improve the working environment for nurses through the formation of a Quality of Work Life Council. The council looks at a number of issues that affect the well…
June 11, 2014 – Is one type of nurse staffing schedule — four, six, or eight weeks — better for the bottom line? To find out, Avantas looked at inpatient nursing units at more than 75 hospitals and tracked how the various scheduling frequencies affected two financial factors: FTE leakage and incidental worked time (in…