Becker's Healthcare September 30, 2024
Nurse teams around the world are facing burnout and shortage — straining care delivery, and posing a meaningful challenge to health system margins. An often-ignored but pivotal driver of the problem is provider scheduling. Building shift schedules is extremely time-consuming, and often inefficiently or inequitably allocates already-stretched nurse teams.
Design partnership for scheduling technology
Assuta Medical Centers is a health system in Israel with eight facilities that perform a total of 100,000 procedures a year. As part of a series of operational initiatives, Assuta sought a way to systemize nurse scheduling to improve workforce productivity.
In 2023, Assuta, in an effort supported by nursing leadership, operational leadership, and its innovation group RISE, formed a design partnership with a new healthcare...