October 18, 2016 – Mike Miliard from Healthcare IT News uses data from the AMN Healthcare and Avantas survey, “Predictive Analytics in Healthcare 2016” to show how predictive analytics tools can help improve staff morale and patient satisfaction. Click here to read the article from Healthcare IT News .
October 14, 2016 – Jackie Larson offers perspective on the findings from the AMN Healthcare and Avantas survey, “Predictive Analytics in Healthcare 2016.” Click here to read the article from the Huffington Post.
October 14, 2016 – Jackie Larson provides thoughts on how hospitals can engage in certain practices that exacerbate the nursing shortage. She offers three common staffing practices that can go a long way to improving morale, work-life balance, and, as a result, retention. Click here to read the article from the ADVANCE for Nurses.
October 13, 2016 – Fierce Healthcare provides a sneak peak at the AMN Healthcare and Avantas survey, “Predictive Analytics in Healthcare 2016.” The survey will be released tomorrow at the 2016 Healthcare Workforce Summit. Click here to read the article.
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…
September 1, 2016 – ThedaCare™, a community health system of seven hospitals, numerous clinics and related services, has selected Avantas to deliver workforce management solutions that include predictive analytics and scheduling software to optimize the health system’s workforce. Click here to read the full release.
August 17, 2016 – Jackie Larson discusses the surprising root cause of staffing issues during flu season, offering the unique perspective that the source of the problem is that organizations are attempting to solve the wrong side of the supply and demand equation. Click here to read the article in Becker’s Hospital Review.
July 14, 2016 – Jackie Larson discusses how story telling is the true power analytics. In the article, she states, “Analytics is more about how to communicate, than just how to calculate.” Read about this, and the five steps in developing meaningful analytics. Click here to read the article in Becker’s Hospital Review.
June 16, 2016 – Jackie Larson discusses how the monitoring of three specific staffing metrics can help detect nurse burnout. Additionally, she provides insight on how certain staffing practices can be employed that will reduce the likelihood of burnout and, eventually, turnover. Click here to read the article in Becker’s Hospital Review.
June 8, 2016 – The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), the top ranked hospital in that state by U.S. News & World Report, has selected Avantas to deliver system wide workforce planning services that include predictive analytics, scheduling software, and centralized resource management to optimize the health system’s core and contingent labor. Click here to read the full release.