Contingent staffing is often a complicated web of inefficient processes cobbled together within a health system. But it can be a streamlined operation that incorporates the various silos along the continuum of care to maximize cost savings, quality and efficiency.
Recently, Pamela Russell, director of nursing support services with Harris Health in Dallas, TX, presented to an AHA audience in the AHA Solutions Signature Learning SeriesTM how her health system managed to optimize their contingent staffing process through automation.
It’s a rare look deep into the “why” and “how” of a health system’s move to become a 2nd curve contingent staffing operation. For those charged with improving how supplemental labor is managed, it’s not often you get the opportunity to see how a large health system not only implemented change, but also executed on it after the fact with a demonstrated ROI that proves the changes made a positive impact.
For example, in one slide, Russell notes that the changes they made netted over $15,000 in savings in the first two weeks alone. She also discusses the data compiled on staff and supplier performance as well as quality improvements.
It’s not just about goals and outcomes, though. What really sets this webinar apart is the attention to how goals were achieved. Russell goes into detail on items such as:
- Search for a VMS solution and why it was chosen over an MSP
- Setting the stage for change
- Planning and executing on system implementation
The recorded version of the webinar is available for download on demand.