Healthcare staffing software helps hospitals create automated scheduling and reduces costs. Learn how to choose the VMS system to manage the float pool.

<h2>How the Latest Hospital Staffing Software Creates Sustainability</h2><p>At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, many nurses discovered a lucrative new career option: travel nursing. As the disease surged in city to city nationwide, hospitals would find themselves suddenly overwhelmed with patient counts they had never experienced before. In a bid to compete for supplemental staff in a market already facing shortages before the pandemic arrived, many hospitals found themselves paying upwards of $10,000 or more per week for travel nurses.</p><p>In the months since the <a href="https://www.who.int/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">World Health Organization</a> declared an end to the global Public Health Emergency for COVID-19, hospitals are facing a new dilemma: a significant number of nurses discovered they liked the flexibility – and the high salaries – they enjoyed during the pandemic, and left their full-time staff positions to travel full-time. What some hospitals are observing, however, is that many of these healthcare professionals are not “traveling” at all. They are simply accepting travel nurse positions in neighboring facilities to take advantage of higher salary options. This is has caused some facilities to <a href="https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/new-york-health-system-bans-local-travel-nurses.html?origin=BHRE&amp;&amp;utm_source=BHRE&amp;&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;&amp;utm_content=newsletter&amp;&amp;oly_enc_id=0816A8465878B4T" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">stop hiring travel nurses who live within a 50-mile radius</a> of their workplace. The relatively high cost of depending on travel nurses to fill coverage gaps has proven to be utterly unsustainable.</p><h2>Can Healthcare Staffing Software or Similar Technology Lower Staffing Costs?</h2><p>In an effort to create internal float pools or internal resource pools to help address coverage gaps and reduce costs, many hospitals healthcare executives are wondering if a workforce management platform or <a href="https://www.intellify.com/talent-solution" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">talent management system</a> could address these issues. These tools can help hospitals create automated scheduling that allows a preselected and pre-qualified group of clinicians to choose extra shifts they are available to work before gaps in coverage occur. However, some hospitals are hesitant about choosing a <a href="https://www.intellify.com/technology" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">vendor management platform</a> because of a common misconception that it requires the use of agency staff.</p><h2>Myth: All Vendor Management Platforms Rely on Agency Staff to Fill Coverage Gaps</h2><p>While some creators of staffing software for healthcare or similar staffing technology rely on outside agencies to help cover open shifts for their client hospitals or healthcare facilities, this is by no means a requirement. In fact, it is entirely possible to create and manage a float pool consisting of only a facility’s full-time (FTE), part-time and per-diem employees. But what is the best <a href="https://intellify.com/#solutionsSection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">workforce management software</a> to accomplish this goal? The current industry standard is to use a <a href="https://www.intellify.com/technology" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">VMS platform</a>.</p><h2>How to Choose the Right VMS System to Create and Manage Your Float Pool</h2><p><a href="https://www.intellify.com/technology" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vendor management systems (VMS)</a> are currently the most sought-after technology for hospitals and healthcare facilities seeking to both create and manage a float pool or internal resource pool. While many options are currently available in the marketplace, if your priorities are to cut costs and reliance on outside agencies, make sure the workforce management software you select features the following capabilities at a minimum:</p><ul><li>Ability to create and manage your float pool</li><li>Mobile app for staff to self-book shifts</li><li>Radius rules that lock down orders to providers within a customized area</li><li><a href="https://www.intellify.com/technology" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Workforce analytics software</a> to monitor key metrics and make data-driven decisions</li><li>Predictive analytics to anticipate staffing needs based on volume to minimize under/over staffing situations</li><li>Global transparency into your workforce and compliance details down to the individual level</li><li>Scheduling tool for immediate and forward planning</li><li>Helps optimize staffing levels based on patient demand and workload</li><li>White-labeled technology with your organization’s specific branding</li></ul><p>Intellify Talent Solutions is pioneering an effort to help hospitals regain control of their staffing capabilities and reduce costs by using its flagship technology product, IntellifyTM vendor management system. Contact us today for a quick demonstration of how Intellify could simplify your processes, reduce your costs, and create happier and healthier clinicians and patients.</p>

How the Latest Hospital Staffing Software Creates Sustainability

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