Strategy Consulting: Our Approach
Our approach was designed to help hospitals and health systems significantly save on agency and OT spend through centralized scheduling using a common pool of contingent resources.
According to a 2001 study, organizations generated higher returns if they increase their contingent workforce over 10 percent of their total workforce.
At HHS, we believe that healthcare organizations needs to maintain contingent workforce at 20-25 percent to help flex with census and acuity while optimizing staffing spend. To achieve the same, hospitals need to re-engineer their staff scheduling approach to duplicate best practices adopted by agencies.
This includes:
- - Centralized and transparent scheduling process
- - Proactive planning for overstaffing and shortage
- - Clear staffing policies to include contingent staff
- - Re-engineered orientation program adapted to the contingent workforce needs
