Bayhealth Medical Center First in Delaware to Launch BidShift(R).Web-based Open Shift Management Offers Scheduling Flexibility to Employees; Enhances Workforce Management Workforce Management (WFM) encompasses all the responsibilities for maintaining a productive and happy workforce. Sometimes referred to as HRMS systems, or even the larger ERP systems (Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP). There are many software vendors within this space. SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- San Diego-based BidShift, the leading provider of effective staffing innovations for healthcare providers, has implemented its web-based program at Bayhealth Medical Center, a not-for-profit Not-for-profit An organization established for charitable, humanitarian, or educational purposes that is exempt from some taxes and in which no one in profits or losses. healthcare system with facilities in Dover, Milford and Middletown, DE. The program was recently implemented at Kent General Hospital, Dover, DE, and Milford Memorial Hospital, Milford, DE to provide an automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. approach for filling open shifts, empowering employees, and supporting effective staffing practices. Bayhealth Medical Center is the first healthcare system in the state of Delaware Delaware, state, United States Delaware (dĕl`əwâr, –wər), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States, the country's second smallest state (after Rhode Island). to offer the online program. "BidShift decreases administrative time and streamlines open shift scheduling for our nursing staff, empowering staff to better manage their schedules, and allowing us to focus more time on clinical issues," stated Bonnie bon·ny also bon·nie adj. bon·ni·er, bon·ni·est Scots 1. Physically attractive or appealing; pretty. 2. Excellent. Perratto, chief nurse officer, Bayhealth Medical Center. "BidShift increases visibility of shift openings to qualified staff across both hospital campuses, and gives staff the opportunity to pick up extra shifts in non-home units that may interest them." The web-based program provides staff 24/7 access to view and request all open shifts for which they are qualified. Its introduction expands the healthcare system's ability to improve fairness in staff scheduling and to fully leverage the existing workforce by making available shifts across the health system visible to all qualified staff at the same time. "We are pleased to be selected by Bayhealth Medical Center as they take a leadership position in their market to maximize use of the existing workforce while offering a valuable benefit to their employees," stated David McCaslin, chief executive officer of BidShift, Inc. "With BidShift's technology, they will have the ability to better manage the complexities associated with staffing, while lowering labor costs and increasing staff satisfaction." About BidShift BidShift is an effective staffing innovations company providing healthcare organizations with the technology, strategy, and insight needed to develop effective staffing practices for the next generation healthcare workforce environment. By aligning a·lign v. a·ligned, a·lign·ing, a·ligns v.tr. 1. To arrange in a line or so as to be parallel: align the tops of a row of pictures; aligned the car with the curb. incentives and dynamically matching the organization's needs with workforce availability, BidShift positions organizations to retain and attract qualified staff, deliver high quality, cost-effective health care, and cultivate cul·ti·vate tr.v. cul·ti·vat·ed, cul·ti·vat·ing, cul·ti·vates 1. a. To improve and prepare (land), as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; till. b. a world-class workforce/working environment. To learn more, visit www.BidShift.com. |
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