A digital platform can automate the process to find, schedule, and manage healthcare staff. Learn the top reasons to use a digital healthcare platform.

Staffing management in a robust healthcare system is complicated, time-consuming, and fraught with opportunities for mistakes or missteps. However, with staffing shortages and employee burnout at an all-time high, healthcare organizations need to streamline processes and increase workforce flexibility to position themselves for the future and ensure their survival.A digital platform can provide an automated process to find, schedule and manage healthcare staff. Users receive valuable and meaningful data to make informed hiring decisions, allowing control of staffing via one centralized platform.Intellify™ Talent Solutions invested in a national study of senior healthcare leaders to inform its expertise in healthcare technology by gaining a pulse on the current state of digital platforms in hospitals and healthcare facilities. We learned about the adoption, usage, strategic objectives, and challenges of digital platforms in healthcare organizations and their role within the broader technology ecosystem.i Forty percent of the respondents said they were currently using a digital platform.Systems deliver security and efficienciesWhen asked what they liked most about their current digital platform, the survey participants said security of data (57%), improved processes and efficiencies (49%), and reduced time to fill (38%) as the top three benefits.<h3>What do you like most about your current digital platform?</h3>Security of data57%Improved processes and efficiencies49%Reduced time to fill38%Complete workforce visibility36%Ability to make more informed and better business decisions31%Risk mitigation31%Credential compliance management23%Access to better quality talent21%Candidate tracking21%Lower recruitment and hiring costs21%Usable analytics/interactive dashboards21% Enhanced procurement cycle visibility 20% Supplier performance management and consolidation 16% The most common tasks completed with the survey participant's current digital platforms included viewing activity (61%), processing reports (43%), and confirming candidates (41%). Other frequent tasks included viewing analytics/financial data, approving requisitions, approving invoices, entering requisitions, approving timecards, and reconciling invoices.Helpful analytics make systems easier to useA digital platform can deliver a range of helpful and specific analytics that provide ease of use. Some of the most beneficial analytics cited by respondents included:<ul><li>Custom reports</li><li>Data analytics</li><li>Invoicing/bill paying</li><li>Risk management</li><li>Usable data</li><li>Compliance</li><li>Costs</li><li>Data security</li></ul>When asked what specific analytics participants would like from their digital platforms that are not currently being delivered, they said they would like to see key performance indicators (31%), spend tracking (26%), and supplier scorecards (25%) as the top three areas of need.Respondents cited the most important functions when working with a digital platform were ease of use, followed by data security, access to qualified candidates, reporting, compliance, and tracking.A robust, automated digital platform will find, engage and manage the labor force, and provide the following six benefits:<ol><li>Better insights</li><li>Optimized workforce mix</li><li>Immediate cost savings</li><li>Reduced risk</li><li>Unparalleled visibility</li><li>Easy and intuitive usage</li></ol>To learn more, download the white paper by visiting <a href="https://cdn.builder.io/o/assets%2Fed97272f3c9547a99e973e31783ac20c%2Ff5cc0e6846b948cdb3e658d80cad1564?alt=media&amp;token=885786c9-73a6-4823-b4c8-eb2c7bc42ecb&amp;apiKey=ed97272f3c9547a99e973e31783ac20c" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LINK</a>.iThis national survey was conducted with 153 senior administrators, IT personnel and other roles responsible for the selection, implementation and/or use of a digital platform at large hospitals, clinics and other types of healthcare facilities that hire healthcare staff. The online interviews were conducted from December 14, 2021, to January 6, 2022, by Bredin, an independent market research company located in Boston, MA, using a National Web Panel.

The Top Reasons For Using A Digital Platform to Manage Staffing

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