Hospitals often use contract labor, such as agency nurses or support staff, to fill staffing gaps. However, contract labor can be expensive and lead to inconsistent care. Pathstone can help analyze the use of contract labor and develop a cost-effective strategy. This may include examining staff availability, volume trends, and scheduling practices to find more efficient staffing options.
Pathstone will develop a comprehensive contract labor plan, working with operational stakeholders and contract labor suppliers to establish utilization protocols that utilize the lowest-cost staffing resources, through the creation of float pools and flexible staffing plans. Pathstone will also coordinate with other workforce and non-labor efforts to reduce contract labor costs.
Pathstone’s Balanced Partnership® mindset serves as a foundation for all of our work. It recognizes the natural teaming that is required to achieve success, and reminds us that varying points of view or levels of expertise can be integrated into only the strongest of outcomes.
As such, we make our contributions to serve client needs with utmost humility, and prosper when approaches are uniquely calibrated by open dialog and the transfer of knowledge. By applying a nimble, collaborative approach to our engagements, we balance capabilities from each leader, decision maker, impacted stakeholder, and contributing team member to accelerate and enhance the total impact for our healthcare clients.
Pathstone Partners is a healthcare consulting firm that works collaboratively with healthcare organizations productivity improvement efforts.
