| Over budget, overwhelmed, and overworked
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| | schedule to be computer literate and
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| - that is our health system. Talk to any
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| | experienced in how to convert business
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| healthcare worked today and they will
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| | strategies into a computer model that
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| tell you.
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| | automates the strategies. This caliber of
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| Errors in the health system, begins with
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| | person is hard to find and maintain in a
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| stressed, overworked and unsatisfied
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| | routine job like scheduling. Now the
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| employees. Imagine scheduling an employee
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| | question arises how are you going to
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| pool of 50 to 2,000 employees in a 24/7
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| | build & maintain finite capacity
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| facility - with a slender or no profit
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| | scheduling models and perform scheduling
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| margin. Add variable job start and end
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| | that is:
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| times, rotating patterns, overtime
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| | - Unbiased schedules and rosters
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| assignments, seniority rights,
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| | - Up to the minute equalization - using
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| equalization, different classes of
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| | several factors
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| employees, multiple departments and
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| | - Build finite capacity scheduling models
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| crews, all the absentee conditions you
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| | and using advanced tools
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| can imagine along with regular requests
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| | - Maintain those models and you will no
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| for time off and ongoing shift swapping
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| | longer have to worry about losing your
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| requests. Assume employees each have from
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| | investment in the tools or the models
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| one to 40 or more unique job
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| | when a key scheduler changes jobs
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| qualifications, as well as preferences
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| | - Instantly being able to access the best
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| for certain jobs.
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| | qualified people in the field
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| One nurse calls in sick. Another nurse
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| | - Guarantee improvements in asset
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| runs late on a job. Still another
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| | utilization, working capital and customer
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| discovers they have been overbooked. One
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| | service
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| of your nurses is stuck in traffic and is
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| | - Determine the frequency that you want
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| going to miss the first part of her
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| | to reschedule then send a file
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| shift. At the same time, two new patients
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| | electronically, in a matter of minutes
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| come in that require immediate care with
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| | - Electronically send shift changes,
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| in next four hours or will result in
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| | rosters and schedules files to managers
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| chaos and possible fatality. How should
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| | employees
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| the schedule be adjusted to compensate
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| | - Have a dedicated 24/7 scheduling line
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| for all of these conditions? This is just
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| | for all sick, vacation, floats and
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| an average day for many, in-charge
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| | switches.
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| nurses, dispatchers, schedulers or
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| | - Detailed schedules, down to the unit
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| supervisors, and they usually have some
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| | operation, by hour/minute with a planning
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| interesting ways to solve the problem.
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| | horizon of several weeks to a year
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| Not by following a simple set of rules,
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| | - Decreased stress levels and improve
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| typically, but the ability to make
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| | efficiency
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| trade-offs between different options. The
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| | Credit Valley hospital has used a system
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| problem is that as the options grow more
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| | called ProScheduling, that tackles all
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| complex and there are more factors to
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| | those problems and the results are direct
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| consider and they can only handle so
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| | cost savings, fewer errors, and
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| much. Subdividing nurses, housekeepers,
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| | information that allows the facility and
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| technicians and dispatchers to
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| | its operations management to increase
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| territories can help, but that
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| | efficiency. This is what Gary Raycraft
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| simplification does not allow for
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| | had to say about it "Since using
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| optimization across the facility. How can
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| | ProScheduling, our day to day scheduling
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| the trade-offs between schedule
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| | issues have been eliminated. We now have
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| attainment and productivity be managed?
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| | up to date equalization information and
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| Summing it all up scheduling becomes the
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| | we have significantly decreased
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| job from hell.
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| | scheduling errors. The system validates
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| In these scenarios when facing
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| | all relevant data and becomes a simple
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| last-minute changes or other swings in
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| | process that the scheduler can use to
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| staffing requirements even a skilled
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| | capture what has happened. The
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| scheduler is unable to optimize the
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| | flexibility of the system allows it to
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| allocation of the entire workforce. In an
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| | handle the complexities of maintenance
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| era when computers can handle almost
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| | and operations departments while it also
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| everything, why does the in charge
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| | can be deployed organization-wide to
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| scheduler still rely on spread sheets,
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| | handle time entry needs of every kind."
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| clipboards, 3X5 cards and lots of arm
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| | The scheduling of employees is both a
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| twisting? It's not unusual to find that
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| | dynamic and critical element of business
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| managers have a difficult time keeping
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| | planning. The ability to create employee
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| good people in the largely thankless job
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| | schedules that meet staffing
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| of scheduler.
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| | requirements, in a way that optimizes the
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| Often, hospitals and other large
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| | process of matching available and
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| institution compartmentalize scheduling.
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| | qualified employees - while minimizing
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| Different supervisors handle it for
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| | labor costs through a combination of
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| different departments or crews, sometimes
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| | lowered absence rates, turnover, payroll
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| using very different interpretations of
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| | costs, waste, reliance on premium labor,
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| the rules and policies. Like sweeping
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| | and downtime, and increasing the quality
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| things under the carpet, this seems to
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| | and timely delivery of patient services -
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| work, however there is no way to
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| | will take on a real, strategic
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| coordinate and review the scheduling
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| | significance. Companies need a reliable,
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| needs of the entire facility. Inevitably,
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| | flexible, and robust workforce management
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| there are errors.
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| | solution to be competitive in today's
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| Scheduling is a very complex and tedious
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| | marketplace. The results will be a
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| task that changes as often as the
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| | leaner, more efficient, and more
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| business strategies change. The new tools
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| | competitive enterprise.
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| require the person in-charge of the
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