API
Healthcare, a GE Healthcare Company, and a leader in workforce
optimization technology and services, today announced the company has
been awarded the KLAS Category Leader status for the Time and Attendance
and Nurse/Staff Scheduling categories in this year’s Best in KLAS report.
The 2014 Best in KLAS: Software & Services report is
published by KLAS, a research firm specializing in monitoring and
reporting the performance of healthcare vendors. KLAS gathers feedback
from more than 16,000 executives at 4,500 hospitals and nearly 2,500
ambulatory organizations to give input on the vendors. A KLAS Category
Leader award identifies top-rated vendor products for certain market
segments in the Best in KLAS Awards report.
“For more than 30 years we have remained focused on making our clients
and their success our number one priority,” said Lisa LaBau, general
manager, API Healthcare. “We work closely with clients on a daily basis
to ensure our products and services address their needs and enable them
to meet their goals. We are proud to be continually recognized as
category leaders, and pleased that our clients continue to communicate
their satisfaction to KLAS, year after year.”
This year’s recognition for API Healthcare includes:
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Top ranking in the Time and Attendance category for the 13th
consecutive year.
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Top ranking in the Nurse/Staff Scheduling category for the third
consecutive year.
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SaaS-based ShiftSelect®
was chosen for top honors in the Nurse/Staff Scheduling category for
the first time this year, having previously ranked second in 2013.
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Staffing and Scheduling ranked second in the Nurse/Staff Scheduling
category.
“We chose API Healthcare as our staffing and scheduling partner because
of their commitment to our organization and our success,” said Jane
Dailey, vice president of clinical operations, Southeast Region,
Hospital Division, Kindred Healthcare. “API Healthcare understands our
goals and ShiftSelect allows us to successfully manage the challenge of
keeping our operating expenses under control while retaining and
empowering our employees and focusing on improving patient care.”
“API Healthcare Time
and Attendance is the only solution to provide the flexibility we
need to streamline pay policies to ensure optimized productivity
throughout our entire organization,” said Sonya Christian-Avery, chief
information officer, West Georgia Health. “Their unbeatable expertise in
the healthcare industry and their dedication to helping us meet our
goals makes them the perfect partner in our efforts to lower costs and
elevate care.”
API Healthcare is a favored vendor for organizations seeking technology
to provide a holistic perspective on the entire workforce, ensuring
budgets are met and patient care quality remains high. API Healthcare
solutions help healthcare organizations streamline efficiencies
enterprise-wide, allowing for a more effective and efficient workforce.
Previously selected by KLAS as a “Highest
Performer” in the HCM SUITE/BROAD VENDORS category, API Healthcare
was recognized for delivering high customer satisfaction and high impact
in efficiency, cost savings and future vision.
About API Healthcare
API Healthcare (www.apihealthcare.com)
is focused on workforce optimization solutions exclusively for the
healthcare industry. The company’s staffing and scheduling, patient
classification, human resources, talent management, payroll, time and
attendance, business analytics, and staffing agency solutions are used
by more than 1,600 health systems and staffing agencies. Founded in
1982, API Healthcare has been rated by KLAS in the Top 20 Best in KLAS
Awards Report (www.KLASresearch.com)
as the top time and attendance provider system for the last 13 years
(2002-2014) and the top staffing and scheduling solution in 2012, 2013
and 2014.
GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and
services to meet the demand for increased access, enhanced quality and
more affordable healthcare around the world. GE (NYSE: GE) works on
things that matter - great people and technologies taking on tough
challenges. From medical imaging, software & IT, patient monitoring and
diagnostics to drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing
technologies and performance improvement solutions, GE Healthcare helps
medical professionals deliver great healthcare to their patients.
About KLAS
KLAS is a research firm on a global mission to improve healthcare
delivery by enabling providers to be heard and counted. Working with
thousands of healthcare professionals and clinicians, KLAS gathers data
on software, services, medical equipment, and infrastructure systems to
deliver timely reports, trends, and statistical overviews. The research
directly represents the provider voice and acts as a catalyst for
improving vendor performance. Follow KLAS on Twitter at www.twitter.com/KLASresearch.
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