OTTAWA, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- One of Canada’s most innovative hospitals will be among the first in Canada to completely automate its performance evaluation process, with help from Halogen Software Inc., a leading provider of Web-based employee performance management (EPM) software.
Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, 472-bed patient care, teaching and research hospital with an international reputation for excellence, is using Halogen eAppraisal(TM) Healthcare software to launch its new corporate process for staff performance evaluations and link them to the hospital’s key strategic goals. Halogen eAppraisal(TM) Healthcare helps Mount Sinai to evaluate its staff using the hospital’s ‘balanced scorecard’ approach in four areas; efficiency and growth, safety, patient and family-centered care, and learning and innovation.
“It was simple to configure eAppraisal Healthcare to suit our balanced scorecard approach and our core organizational competencies. This helps our staff understand what we’re trying to achieve, and how it relates to their individual performance and accountability,” said Debbie Fischer, Vice- President of Organizational Development and Strategic Projects at Mount Sinai. “It’s important to have corporate goals and organizational values, but it’s the individual staff that make it happen. This is why it’s critical that employee outcomes and contributions are aligned with our corporate direction.”
Halogen eAppraisal(TM) Healthcare, designed for the healthcare industry, is sophisticated Web-based EPM software that helps organizations automate and simplify the task of performing appraisals and meeting accreditation criteria. “Mount Sinai knows that eAppraisal(TM) Healthcare is a useful tool to achieve its goals of patient care and employee satisfaction,” said Paul Loucks, President of Halogen. “Quality, efficiency, and accountability are strategic imperatives for hospitals. Leaders such as Mount Sinai are choosing the tools that will help them meet these objectives.”
Mount Sinai is one of the first hospitals in Canada to use Web-based EPM software. It’s part of Mount Sinai’s strategic objective to be a top employer. “Fundamental to employee engagement is facilitating learning and feedback, and understanding the objectives of the organization and how they fit into it,” Ms. Fischer said. “The satisfaction of our employees affects how well they interact with patients, families and internal customers.”
About Halogen Software
Halogen Software Inc. is a leading provider of employee performance management (EPM) solutions. Founded in 2001 as a subsidiary of a successful consulting company, Halogen offers powerful, easy-to-use, and affordable Web- based software that dramatically improves HR and line-manager productivity. The company’s flagship product, Halogen eAppraisal(TM), automates and simplifies time-consuming employee appraisals. Halogen eAppraisal(TM) Healthcare, created specifically for the healthcare industry, helps healthcare organizations to simplify the task of performing appraisals and meeting accreditation criteria. Halogen e360(TM) automates and simplifies formal 360-degree feedback procedures and offers sophisticated performance reporting. For more information on Halogen Software, visit: http://www.halogensoftware.com/ .
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