Eastern North Carolina is not an easy place to run a hospital. Rural hospitals and clinics in the region aren’t just a small part of a broader health system —…
Wellstar Health System runs 11 hospitals, 329 medical office locations, 20 urgent care centers, and over 400 care sites across Georgia. The system has more than 34,000 employees. Coordinating schedules,…
If you work at SSM Health and you’ve ever scrambled for a paper schedule, hunted down a charge nurse to swap a shift, or shown up for a shift change…
Hospital administrators love talking about workforce planning. Most of them are still doing it with a spreadsheet and a prayer. The gap between “we have a staffing strategy” and “we…
Healthcare staffing is expensive. Overtime alone can eat 15-25% of a hospital’s labor budget. And that’s before you factor in agency nurses, last-minute shift scrambles, and the burnout that follows….
Hospitals across the healthcare industry are rapidly shifting to Smart Square in 2026—and the reasons might surprise you. In 2026, a quiet but powerful shift is happening inside hospitals—and most…
Introduction Did you know that the average wait time for a patient in a traditional healthcare setting can exceed 30 minutes? This inefficiency doesn’t just inconvenience patients—it directly impacts care quality, staff…
In the current healthcare landscape, administrators are facing a perfect storm of financial volatility, acute labor shortages, and an exhausted workforce. With labor costs typically accounting for over 50% of…
For modern healthcare administrators, the “status quo” of manual scheduling has become an unsustainable fiscal burden. As New Jersey’s largest integrated health network, Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) manages 17 hospitals…
Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) uses the Smart Square HMH system to streamline time off requests for healthcare professionals, ensuring balanced staffing and improved patient care. Understanding how to submit, manage,…
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