July 26, 2019 – Recent statistics reveal that the demand for registered nurses continues to grow. The time to address nurse staffing concerns is now. Data analytics in nurse staffing and scheduling is a beneficial, yet largely overlooked, area. Incorporating modern modeling techniques and machine learning methodologies to forecast staffing needs, predictive analytics identifies demand…
November 1, 2018 – In many hospitals across the country, nurse scheduling is still being done on basic spreadsheets or even pen and paper, with managers using little more than intuition, guesswork, or simply the previous schedule period to plan the appropriate number and type of staff to match patient volume. In a time of innovative…
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…
July 24, 2017 – Scheduling staff in patient-care facilities is anything but cut and dried. Depending on the type of scheduling tools used (if any), planning staffing needs involves guesswork and multiple revisions before the schedule period begins. A time-consuming process for unit managers, once all staff is scheduled to their FTE, open shifts often remain. This…
March 20, 2017 –The advance of technology has driven improvements to the delivery of patient care. Walking into a hospital, the use of technology can be seen in nearly every facet – from surgical instruments in an OR to monitors beeping by a patient’s bedside. Patients expect the best care when they choose a facility, and…
October 3, 2016 – Filling open shifts can be a hectic, emotional, and financially challenging process for provider organizations. The practice of doing so can vary by department, as can the incentives offered for picking up open shifts. The result can be a chaotic, inefficient, and last-minute process that pits units against one another to compete for…
Leading Healthcare Labor Management Company’s Patent Demonstrates Value of its SaaS-based Healthcare Scheduling Software and Productivity Solution Omaha, NE – May 21, 2013 – Avantas, a leading provider of strategic labor management technology, services, and strategies for the healthcare industry, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a 20-year patent…