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Jackson Health System Selects ShiftWise Vendor Management Service for All Miami Area Hospitals and Clinics

Posted on: Thursday, 8 November 2007, 12:00 CST

ShiftWise, the nation's leading provider of healthcare supplemental staffing management services, today announced that Jackson Health System has selected ShiftWise Vendor Management Service (VMS) to manage both its clinical and non-clinical staffing agency programs at all Miami area locations. ShiftWise will manage all temporary labor regardless of labor type or location across the organization.

By consolidating all staffing agency programs Jackson will be able to standardize policies and procedures, improve quality, enhance reporting and simplify the agency billing and invoicing process.

"ShiftWise will allow Jackson Health System to regulate staffing activity across a very large organization and to more effectively track and control costs related to their temporary labor usage," says Jeff Niles, Regional Director of Sales for ShiftWise. "We believe that the evaluation tools built into the ShiftWise system will also enhance their ability to share information between facilities which will improve staff quality."

ShiftWise will also replace existing paper processes for agency timekeeping and invoicing with electronic timecards and an inverted consolidated invoice. "The move to the ShiftWise paperless invoicing process will free up administrative and accounting resources and provide Jackson a more efficient method for paying vendors," says Niles.

For ShiftWise the expansion into Non-clinical VMS for Jackson is a result of past success and a natural progression. "We are comfortable in the clinical world and have succeeded in mastering the convoluted nature of clinical VMS that keeps traditional VMS companies out of this space," says ShiftWise founder Jason Lander. "Our success in managing the most intricate clinical specialties has our customers demanding more. We are happy to oblige and we do not anticipate the struggles that traditional VMS companies have when trying to enter the more complex clinical setting."

About Jackson Health System

Jackson Health System, an integrated healthcare delivery system, consists of its centerpiece, Jackson Memorial Hospital; 12 primary care centers and two primary care mobile vans; 16 school-based clinics; two long-term care nursing facilities; a network of mental health facilities; Holtz Children's Hospital, Jackson Rehabilitation Hospital, Jackson North Medical Center and Jackson South Community Hospital. Governed by the Public Health Trust, a dedicated team of citizen volunteers acting on behalf of the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners, Jackson Health System ensures that all residents of Miami-Dade County receive a single high standard of care regardless of their ability to pay.

About ShiftWise

Based in Portland, Ore., ShiftWise combines healthcare specific web-based management software with customized client support services to deliver a comprehensive solution that reduces costs, improves quality, ensures compliance and enhances reporting. ShiftWise services more than 400 healthcare organizations in 23 states for both clinical and non-clinical staffing. ShiftWise clients rely on VMS and IRP services as an alternative solution to the complicated and expensive manual processes often in use for supplemental staffing. To learn more about ShiftWise call 866-399-2220. http://www.shiftwise.net

Source: Business Wire

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