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Concerro to Showcase Its ShiftPredict Tool at the ANCC National Magnet Conference

By Nathesh
TMCnet Contributor

Concerro, a healthcare Software-as-a-Service (SaaS (News - Alert)) company, announced that its new ShiftPredict schedule modeling tool will be demonstrated at the ANCC National Magnet Conference, October 4-6, 2011 at Concerro booth #401 at the Baltimore Convention Center.

The objective of the ANCC National Magnet Conference is to describe the implications of a changing healthcare delivery system on nursing's delivery of care across the continuum and discuss the art and science of nursing as it relates to leadership, practice, and outcomes.

According to Concerro, ShiftPredict helps healthcare providers create more accurate staffing targets on their schedules. It identifies flexing tendencies on a shift-by-shift basis so that they can be prepared in advance with call-in or call-off sheets. It saves staff from getting frustrated due to inconsistent and unpredictable scheduling. The solution is capable of enabling hospital managers expertly navigate the many complexities inherent in scheduling to build more effective staff schedules with accurate targets and flexing needs.

As with all Concerro products, ShiftPredict too includes training, implementation and consulting services by Concerro clinicians highly knowledgeable in industry and professional standards, including Joint Commission staffing effectiveness standards and state regulations.

Some of the benefits of ShiftPredict are: reduction of time spent on scheduling management; fair and equable schedules make effective staff; assurance of quality and self-care with appropriate coverage; vast expertise of Concerro’s clinicians who are knowledgeable about industry and professional standards; and more.

Officials with the company commented that ShiftPredict, developed using a proprietary algorithm licensed from Workforce Prescriptions, uses historical staffing data to model future volumes so that managers can account for bed turns, acuity changes, workload distribution, and non-productive burden, as well as variations by season, month, day, and shift. Through their ongoing development efforts and partnerships, Concerro continues to supply healthcare providers with the most comprehensive staffing solutions available to help build dependable and efficient schedules and ensure quality and safe care with appropriate coverage.