New agreements demonstrate company`s continued momentum in the healthcare market
following the introduction of new business analytics and patient classification
offerings
HARTFORD, Wis.--(Business Wire)--
API Healthcare, the leading provider of human capital management solutions to
the healthcare industry, today announced that the following healthcare
organizations will utilize its applications to increase efficiency and better
control labor costs across the enterprise:
* Eastern Connecticut Health Network (Manchester, Conn.)
* Kadlec Medical Center (Richland, Wash.)
* King's Daughters Medical Center (Ashland, Ky.)
* Lodi Memorial Hospital (Lodi, Calif.)
* North Mississippi Health Services, Inc. (Tupelo, Miss.)
* Overlake Hospital Medical Center (Bellevue, Wash.)
* Seattle Children`s Hospital (Seattle, Wash.)
"API Healthcare`s human capital management applications will provide us with
valuable data and analytics, empowering our leadership team to proactively
assess how to best utilize our labor resources across the organization," said
Peter Karl, CEO of Eastern Connecticut Health Network. "API`s sophisticated
knowledge of our healthcare industry and proven approach will give us a cutting
edge, not only in engaging employees in the communication about how we run our
business, but in providing a systematic approach to containing costs and
supporting our mission in our community."
More than 60 percent of a healthcare organization`s expenditures are devoted to
labor expenses. API Healthcare`s human capital management applications provide
healthcare facilities with data-driven methods to better leverage their
workforce so they can immediately drive down operating costs, increase employee
satisfaction and improve patient outcomes.
"After evaluating a number of solutions for time and attendance and staff
scheduling, we selected API Healthcare because it offered an integrated option
that was specific to the unique challenges we face in the health care setting,"
said Drex DeFord, chief information officer at Seattle Children`s Hospital. "As
we move forward with our implementation, API Healthcare will be one of the tools
we will use to meet our objective of continuously improving the quality, cost,
safety and delivery of care throughout the organization."
"With an increasing number of forward-looking organizations changing their
strategy to have API Healthcare support their human capital management
requirements, our goal is to provide the insight and expertise required to
proactively address those factors that impact financial and clinical performance
most," said J.P. Fingado, president and chief executive officer of API
Healthcare. "Our exclusive focus on the healthcare industry uniquely positions
us to provide proven solutions that deliver measurable results, and we look
forward to partnering with these organizations."
About API Healthcare
API Healthcare is the leading provider of human capital management solutions to
the healthcare industry, including time and attendance, staffing and scheduling,
patient classification, payroll, human resource and business analytics software.
Founded in 1982, API Healthcare has more than 700 installations in North
America, with clients ranging in size from 500 employees to more than 35,000
employees. The company`s Payrollmation® system has been rated by KLAS as the top
time and attendance system for the last seven years. The company`s Web site
address is www.apihealthcare.com.
API Healthcare
Press Contacts:
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samantha.ehley@apihealthcare.com
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