Optimize staff scheduling with intelligent automation that balances staffing targets with individual preferences – ensuring the right skills are in the right place, at the right time.
Nurse Scheduling
(H2O-NS)
H2O-NS delivered $800K in savings per year for one care unit in a major health system.
How it works.
H2O-NS leverages historical data to uncover patterns and trends that drive precise staffing needs. Using advanced mathematical optimization, it defines and balances objectives like minimizing staff shortages and surpluses and reducing overtime. The system factors in various constraints such as staff qualifications to ensure every schedule is both efficient and equitable.
H2O-NS intelligently generates optimal shift schedules by incorporating hospital policies, individual preferences, and target staffing needs. Decision variables include nurse-to-shift and position assignments, trainee-to-preceptor matching, and a wide range of customizable parameters tailored to your unique requirements.
H2O-NS delivers exceptional speed and precision, creating optimized schedules in as little as 12 minutes. Its powerful engine lets you quickly test scenarios, compare outcomes, and confidently select the best schedule.
Join top health organizations using H2O’s Nurse Scheduling.
“This tool has made scheduling so much smoother, keeping shifts covered while still respecting our team’s needs.”
Jane Orange
Surgeon at ABC Children’s Hospital
H2O-NS integrates with most EHRs so you can keep everything in one place. Automatically enroll new patients and send data to provide insights into their original chart.
Integrate with your Electronic Health Records (EHR) System
Our mobile and tablet app is launching soon, designed to give care teams near real time access to patient flow insights, discharge predictions, and alerts from anywhere in the hospital or on the move.
Coming Soon! Stay connected to patient flow with our new mobile and tablet app.
FAQs
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H2O-NS is a staff management solution that leverages advanced analytics and optimization to simplify and improve scheduling. It aligns workforce supply with patient demand, creating efficient, fair, and data-driven schedules that reduce administrative workload while improving staff satisfaction.
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The software creates and balances your staff schedules based on target staffing levels. It automatically generates optimized schedules that consider staffs’ preferences, qualifications, and more – reducing the manual effort and errors common with traditional scheduling methods.
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Yes. Every hospital operates differently. The software can be configured to reflect your unique staffing ratios, union agreements, scheduling rules, and departmental policies – ensuring both compliance and flexibility.
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Hospitals using the platform typically experience:
Reduced scheduling and administrative time for managers.
Improved staff satisfaction and retention through fair, transparent scheduling.
Reduced labor costs by minimizing overtime, turnover, and callouts.
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The solution incorporates individual preferences, time-off requests, and fair shift rotations to ensure equity and flexibility. Staff gain greater control and visibility into their schedules, fostering higher trust, morale, and work-life balance.
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Managers have full control of the schedule in H2O; if any adjustment must be made due to last-minute changes or callouts, it can be made manually. In the future, the software will be able to reoptimize position assignments.
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Absolutely. The platform can connect with workforce management solutions to ensure seamless data exchange and reduce duplicate entry. Integration is designed to fit naturally into your existing workflows.
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We are committed to protecting patient privacy and data. We comply with industry-standard data protection laws and are continually enhancing our security measures. Please contact us for additional information.