CHICAGO, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Hospitals across America face myriad challenges, such as a growing demand for services, climbing costs, declining reimbursement and shortages of nurses and allied health professionals. With this complex and broad-reaching set of problems, traditional solutions that have worked for decades simply no longer fit the bill.
At the Franciscan Health System in Tacoma, Wash., challenges like these only bring out the best in creativity. Its leadership recently demonstrated this spirit by taking on one of the most daunting challenges: Staffing.
Led by Chief Nurse Officer June Bowman and Lisa Morten, Director of Human Resources, Franciscan's team of can-do leaders conducted an exhaustive investigation of potential solutions for filling job vacancies for highly skilled nurses and other healthcare professionals.
Today, Franciscan Health System announced that InteliStaf Healthcare's InteliSource(TM) vendor management service is the best solution for meeting its needs for temporary staffing services and that it has signed an exclusive contract with the company.
"Finding the right staffing solutions, the right staffing provider and the right partner requires a thoughtful analysis of needs and solutions," says Ms. Morten. "For that reason, we are excited to announce our new partnership with InteliStaf for temporary staffing services. InteliStaf is the leader within its industry and has a proven track record of meeting its clients' staffing needs. We are confident that InteliStaf will improve the work life of our employees, as well as help Franciscan to continue providing quality care for its patients."
InteliStaf provides nurses, allied health professionals, administrative staff and other medical professionals to healthcare facilities on a temporary and contract basis. The company's InteliSource(TM) vendor management services have been adopted by more than a dozen healthcare systems from coast to coast. The program's approach has been documented by the Nursing Executive Center of The Advisory Board Co., an independent best-practice organization in Washington, D.C., to:
-- Improve healthcare quality
-- Reduce temporary staffing costs
-- Increase core staff and flexible staff productivity
-- Reduce core staff overtime
-- Increase retention and recruitment of core staff
-- Improve employee and patient satisfaction
-- Reduce incidence of ER divert, bed closures and clinical unit
bottlenecks
"As the leader in our industry for providing outsourced staffing solutions, it is gratifying to be selected by a strong hospital organization such as the Franciscan Health System," said Ralph Friedmann, President and Chief Executive Officer of InteliStaf Healthcare. "It is our customers' commitment to us that drives our organization's dedication to providing innovative solutions for our clients and their patients."
About InteliStaf Healthcare
InteliStaf Healthcare is one of the largest healthcare staffing companies in the United States, operating nearly 100 offices supporting more than 40,000 medical professionals. The company provides nurses, allied healthcare professionals, and other medical professionals to healthcare facilities on a temporary and contract basis. InteliStaf is at the forefront of vendor management services (VMS), creating and directing innovative solutions designed to meet its customers' specific contract labor, patient care and financial requirements. The company is the nationally recognized leader for such services. For more information, visit http://www.intelistaf.com/ .
About Franciscan Health System
Franciscan Health System includes St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash., St. Clare Hospital in Lakewood, Wash.; and St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way, Wash. The organization has approximately 5,200 employees and is affiliated with Catholic Health Initiatives, one of the largest Catholic healthcare organizations in the U.S. Franciscan has recently been recognized as one of the "Best Companies to Work For in Washington" and its hospitals are consistently ranked among the nation's Top 100 hospitals by independent studies of quality and efficiency. For more information, go online to http://www.fhshealth.org/ .
InteliStaf HealthcareCONTACT: Eric Brown of InteliStaf Healthcare, +1-630-916-3900,ebrown@intelistaf.com