Scheduling is a crucial yet frequently undervalued component of healthcare delivery. Optimizing clinician scheduling in hospitals or medical practices can significantly boost productivity and flexibility.
In a time where health systems are focused on reducing burnout, improved scheduling can have an immediate impact, aiding in improved retention and clinician job satisfaction. Inefficient scheduling results in substantial financial burdens due to elevated labor costs, overtime pay, and lost revenue opportunities.
Scheduling optimization is one of the biggest missed opportunities in healthcare, but there are options. Organizations that prioritize workforce management and adopt efficient technology solutions gain improved access, increased revenue, and a more sustainable future.
Venn fills this void by taking a technology-focused approach that provides medical practices greater visibility into operations. Kimedics, Venn’s technology solution, delivers customized strategies through a holistic view of all staffing resources. That means real-time resource and shift management, demand planning, as well as cost and revenue modeling.
In a competitive hiring environment, it is important for healthcare organizations to separate themselves from competitors.
Through Venn’s advanced scheduling, clients can:
● Manage clinician privileges
● Broadcast open shifts with full-time, contingent and float pool staff to let them book shifts
directly
● Create staffing models by location
● Schedule across multiple locations with ease
Ultimately, by taking a proactive approach to healthcare scheduling, administrators will see marked improvements in numerous areas:
Optimized Staffing Levels— With ever tightening margins, it is important for healthcare organizations to find new efficiencies wherever possible. By leveraging advanced scheduling techniques to optimize staffing, organizations can enhance operational efficiency and minimize gaps in patient care.
Reduced Labor Costs—In many cases, healthcare organizations find themselves allocating significant resources to cover overtime pay and contract labor. This often stems from challenges in scheduling and workforce management.
With the right technology solution, administrators can determine the optimal staffing
schedule and level to reduce labor costs and operate more efficiently.
Increased Clinician Retention—Burnout continues to be a problem in healthcare as clinicians are overscheduled and in need of more flexibility. Technology can assist with workflows and proper staffing levels, reducing the burden on clinicians and safeguarding against burnout.
The status quo isn’t enough in healthcare. Technology can innovate and deliver new levels of efficiency to healthcare staffing. With the right solution, organizations will see better financial returns and increased clinician satisfaction that leads to sustainability long term.