Becker's Healthcare July 30, 2024
Self-scheduling practices are making a comeback amid the rise of electronic scheduling systems and heightened calls for flexibility from front-line staff members at hospitals and health systems.
Mountain View, Calif.-based El Camino Health is one such system exploring the use of self scheduling after encountering increasing demands from nurses in recent years for more autonomy and flexibility with their work schedules.
In the early 2010s, the system transitioned from a paper-based system to an electronic staffing and scheduling system that allowed staff to put in vacation requests and access their schedules and time cards. Now, El Camino Health is working with its technology vendor to support self-scheduling capabilities and aims to pilot the practice in two units this...
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