API Announces Wireless Handheld Solution for Labor Resource Management; Managers Can Access Employee Information Anytime, Anywhere.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers HARTFORD, Wis.--(BW HealthWire)--Jan. 28, 2002 Automating Peripherals Inc. (API) announced today the availability of their technology that enables supervisors and managers to access employee time and attendance and scheduling/staffing information via a wireless network on Compaq iPAQ portable digital assistants (PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). ). The solution works in conjunction with API's Payrollmation(R) time and attendance solution, as well as API's ActiveStaffer(R) scheduling/staffing solution. The solution will be on display in the API booth (No. 2933) at the 2002 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Founded in 1961, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is a healthcare industry membership organization exclusively focused on providing leadership for the optimal use of medical informatics technology and management systems. (HIMSS HIMSS Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society ) Conference and Exhibition in Atlanta Jan. 27-31. With the solution, managers and supervisors can be on the floor and immediately review daily schedule and employee rosters, quickly make staffing updates based on acuity and census changes, and efficiently find replacements for employee no-shows. "Since employees account for 60 percent of a healthcare organization's overhead, it makes good business sense to provide managers with the appropriate tools to manage their most important resources," said Bryan Dickerson, vice president of system development for API. "API's software solutions utilize handheld technology to provide real-time employee information to managers where ever they are so they can make better business decisions that positively impact the bottom line and patient care delivery." Future enhancements to the software include the availability of the solution on the soon-to-be-released PC Tablets that will be offered by several hardware manufacturers. In addition, future versions of the solution will be designed to offer additional functionality made possible by the Microsoft .Net See .NET. XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. platform that is currently being developed. About API API is a leading provider of payroll, human resource, time and attendance, scheduling/staffing, education tracking and access control software for healthcare organizations. Founded in 1982, API has more than 350 installations in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , with customers ranging in size from 500 employees to more than 15,000 employees. The company has a strategic alliance with Microsoft Corporation and is a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider. The company's Web site address is www.api-wi.com. |
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