CyberShift's New White Paper Examines the Healthcare Industry's Unique Workforce and Expense Management Requirements
Details How Healthcare Providers Can Leverage Technology to Streamline Processes, Reduce Costs to Support Delivery of Cost-Efficient, Quality Healthcare
| Source: CyberShift
PARSIPPANY, NJ--(Marketwire - July 30, 2009) - CyberShift, a global
provider of workforce
management and
expense management software and services, today announced the
availability of its most recent white paper, "Healthcare Providers:
Workforce Optimization and Expense Management Initiatives for Healthcare
Organizations." The paper examines how healthcare organizations can reduce
costs, increase efficiencies and maintain quality care with
technology-based workforce management and expense management solutions.
Most people can agree that healthcare costs have spiraled out of control,
impacting both individuals and healthcare providers. Many long-standing
healthcare providers struggle to survive and, according to a recent Kaiser
Family Foundation survey, more than half of American households have cut
back on healthcare due to finances. While reform is being debated by the
media and politicians, and the current administration declares the status
quo unacceptable, healthcare providers are left to find their own ways of
controlling costs while providing quality care.
Labor and employee business costs make up a large part of a healthcare
provider's operating budget so controlling these costs is crucial. An
automated workforce management solution enables organizations to manage
diverse and mobile workforces, control overtime, streamline employee
scheduling, integrate with payroll systems and comply with government
regulations, employee policies and union rules.
"Healthcare organizations are challenged to make quality, affordable care
available, while at the same time, maintain their own financial health. An
automated workforce management system can help organizations
cost-effectively meet changing demands without compromising services," Art
Krozser, vice president, Enterprise Services and Global Support at
CyberShift. "There are significant advantages -- fiscally and in terms of
quality of care -- in having the right people with the right skills in the
right place at the right time."
An automated workforce management solution provides visibility into whether
scheduling certain employees will result in unnecessary overtime or require
employees to work beyond what is considered safe or within contractual
guidelines. Other benefits of an automated solution are efficient
management of a diverse and distributed workforce, including salaried,
hourly and contingent staff, a reduction in payroll preparation time and
improved payroll accuracy by 1 to 6 percent of gross payroll. Additionally,
employees can be given access to online schedules and other self-service
functions, increasing employee satisfaction.
Equally important is another large cost for healthcare organizations:
employee business expenses. These expenses include not only travel and
entertainment but also costs such as mobile phones and offices supplies.
Automating the processing of employee expense management -- from
pre-authorization and approval to post-payment reporting and analysis -- is
another way that healthcare companies can control escalating costs.
CyberShift's award winning, 100 percent Web-based workforce management and
expense management solutions are ideally suited for mid-size to large,
complex enterprises. CyberShift offers unparalleled flexibility in its
software delivery models, offering the identical solutions through the
popular multi-tenant Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery model or
in-house. These solutions significantly improve business efficiencies,
thus enhancing performance and increasing profitability.
CyberShift's complimentary "Healthcare Providers" white paper can be
downloaded from http://www.cybershift.com/Healthcare.
About CyberShift, Inc.
CyberShift, Inc. is a leading provider of workforce and expense management
software and services focused on helping mid-sized to large, complex
organizations improve organizational performance and profitability. Through
its integrated CyberShift Workforce™ suite, which includes time and
attendance, advanced scheduling and reporting and analytics, companies can
more effectively plan, manage and deploy their workforces, reduce costs and
improve processes across business operations. CyberShift Expense™
automates the processing and facilitates the management of employee
business expenses such as travel and entertainment and helps companies
improve compliance, enforce expense policies and procedures and increase
visibility into operations. Offered in both traditional license fee and
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery models, CyberShift's innovative
solutions have been awarded US and Canadian patents. CyberShift is the
first enterprise-class workforce and expense management solution provider
to enable support for the BlackBerry platform.
To learn how CyberShift's solutions can help your organization, contact
CyberShift by calling (877) 274-4381 or visiting us at www.CyberShift.com.