Clinicians are the beating heart of healthcare, delivering care to patients and communities every day. Their work is dependent on the back-end operations allowing them to ensure access and deliver world class treatment. In many cases, we have found there are ineffective and inefficient workforce management programs that inhibit clinicians and negatively impact an organization’s bottom line. From overwhelming administrative tasks to data silos and lack of visibility, workforce management often becomes an obstacle to providing high-quality patient care.
Data is the greatest tool available to healthcare leaders. With enhanced data, administrators can tackle inefficiency head on by developing new programs and workflows that directly address an organization’s unique needs.
How Do We Harness Data to its Fullest Potential?
In healthcare, we are often faced with overwhelming amounts of data. We need to filter through this and create processes that analyze the important KPIs, streamline operations, enable collaboration, control costs and guide long-term planning. This process starts with the implementation of the right technology solution.
Venn utilizes the Kimedics workforce management platform to create innovative workflows and custom solutions. At the heart of this technology lies data. It is gathered into scorecards and customized KPI reports that analyze clinician activity, scheduling, state licensure status, privileges and locum tenens agency affiliations.
These custom, data-driven workflows are designed to reflect and enhance organization’s specific circumstances and talent strategy. To maximize data, we must integrate it into all areas of workforce management. Most notably:
Scheduling—Creating efficiency in scheduling leads to vast improvements across healthcare operations. By harnessing data, administrators can gain a better understanding of current and contingent staff activity, develop location-specific staffing models and simplify scheduling across multiple locations.
Task Management—Improving workflows and task management drives efficiency initiatives in healthcare. Data can improve operations by gaining greater insights into many critical processes, like credentialing, state license statuses, privileges and the overall onboarding timeline and process. In essence, data allows for instant line of sight into the team’s tasks to ensure goals are met.
Float Pools—Maintaining consistent scheduling is vital for any healthcare organization. Float pools are an important tool to give administrators flexibility and ensure access to care for patients. With enhanced data, we can better manage privileges, track schedules, minimize reliance on contingent staffing, and optimize utilization across multiple locations.
There is untapped potential in workforce management, with data as the key to unlock operational efficiency and innovation for healthcare administrators. Venn’s technology harnesses data to provide a comprehensive view of your current state and future possibilities, serving as a roadmap for achieving long-term goals and sustainability.