San Diego-based BidShift, the leading provider of web-based flexible workforce management technology for healthcare providers, has implemented its program at the Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA, to provide an automated approach for filling open shifts, empowering employees, and supporting effective staffing practices. Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, including Albert Einstein Medical Center, MossRehab, Einstein at Elkins Park, Germantown Community Health Services, and Center One, is the eleventh provider organization in the Philadelphia area to utilize BidShift’s technology and services to optimize the operational and financial management of their workforce and achieve effective staffing.
BidShift’s innovative program and web-based solution provides convenience and flexibility to both nursing and nursing support personnel for filling open shifts, transforming what traditionally has been a time and labor-intensive manual process, as well as reducing reliance on expensive contract labor. Staff use the technology to log on from work or home, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to view and request to work open shifts beyond their base schedule and their own unit when qualified to do so.
“Incorporating BidShift’s program helps us centralize and better manage open shift scheduling so that we can effectively staff to meet the healthcare needs of the community,” said Mary Beth Kingston, chief nurse executive, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network. “BidShift is a beneficial program that we have implemented for operational efficiency and nurse satisfaction.”
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network implemented BidShift as a means to automate tracking of per diem utilization, give staff more choice and flexibility over the shifts they work, decrease manager involvement and time in the scheduling process, and provide cross-unit and cross-facility standardization. In the first weeks of implementation, over 1,300 nurses have signed up to take part in the cutting-edge program, and over 6,000 shifts have been filled. Nearly 20% of shifts filled were for requests to work outside of the home unit.
“Albert Einstein Healthcare Network joins a growing group of leading healthcare organizations that have chosen BidShift’s flexible workforce management solutions to ensure effective staffing while lowering operating costs,” stated Bruce Springer, President and CEO of BidShift, Inc. “We are pleased they value our deep operational experience and proven technological offering for revolutionizing open shift management.”
BidShift is currently used in roughly 100 hospitals across 20 states and the District of Columbia.
About Einstein Healthcare Network
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network is a private, not-for-profit organization with six major facilities and many outpatient centers. Einstein is a member of the Jefferson Health System, which includes Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Main Line Health System, Frankford Health Care System and Magee Rehabilitation Hospital.
About BidShift
BidShift is a flexible workforce management 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 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 a world-class workforce/working environment. To learn more, visit www.BidShift.com.
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