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ScheduleLabs' new release offers pathology labs and clinical laboratories an automated staff scheduling tool that improves morale and employee retention while saving money
SPOKANE, Washington – May 6, 2010 - Clinical laboratories, hospital laboratories, and anatomic pathology groups have a new way to automate laboratory staff scheduling with the release of Maplewood Software's launch of its ScheduleLabs 3.0 Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), laboratory-specific staff scheduling solution. It's companion module, Inspection Ready is also available in this nationwide sales launch.
"The performance of ScheduleLabs with our anchor clinical laboratory clients has earned high marks," said John Janzen, President of Maplewood Software. "It affirms how ScheduleLabs is a proven solution that pathologists and clinical laboratory managers can use to streamline the entire staff scheduling process for reference and hospital-based clinical labs around the country. This mirrors the success of other ScheduleCore products such as ScheduleRx which is used in more than 150 hospitals and health systems."
ScheduleLabs is unique because it is the SaaS service which is customized to the specific needs of clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology group practices. As a web-based staff scheduling solution, it is immediately available and tailored specifically to meet the needs of diagnostic testing laboratories. Clinical lab managers and staff utilizing ScheduleLabs save 50-75% of the time and resources normally spent manually generating and managing complicated staff schedules. The simplicity of automated staff scheduling results in immediate benefits, including improved employee morale, reduced overtime costs, fewer dropped shifts, and increased staff retention and recruitment.
Best of all, ScheduleLabs is a cloud-computing solution, which means that medical laboratory clients access it via a web browser, thus guaranteeing that they are always using the most up-to-date and feature-rich version. ScheduleLabs is one of several web-based staff scheduling solutions in the ScheduleCore suite of products.
"ScheduleLabs makes a difference in our enterprise, especially in departments where running short staffed is not an option," says Rosalee Allen, COO of Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories (PAML), one of the nation's largest clinical laboratory companies that is based in Spokane, Washington. "Our couriers must run the routes and patient service centers must be opened; ScheduleLabs helps ensure these critical positions are covered." ScheduleLabs helps PAML keep 130 courier routes fully-staffed and performing at peak efficiency.
Josh Buessing, Outreach Operations Manager at Muir Lab of the John Muir Health System in Walnut Creek, California, stated: "Now that we have ScheduleLabs up and running, I hear very few complaints about shift changes not being approved or dissatisfaction with the many other scheduling issues I used to hear about daily. It's been a good move for us and we've been very satisfied with ScheduleLabs."
Maplewood Software continues to respond to client suggestions and incorporate new features into ScheduleLabs. Its companion SaaS applications is InspectionReady, a competency and compliance tracking tool due out later this year. InspectionReady will integrate seamlessly with ScheduleLabs and allow clinical laboratory administrators real-time dashboard updates on all staffing credentials, competencies, licensing, policies and documentation that clinical labs, medical labs, and pathology labs track and manage for inspections. CAP, CLIA and ISO 15189 checklists will also be integrated with InspectionReady. Like ScheduleLabs, InspectionReady is located on the "cloud" and will be accessible via the Internet.
Managers and administrators in hospital-base laboratories and medical laboratories who are interested in a web demonstration of this innovative scheduling solution should contact Nancy Janzen at (509) 252-3550 x100 or e-mail to: nancyj@maplewoodsoftware.com.
About Maplewood Software:
Maplewood Software is a privately held company founded in 1996 in Spokane, Washington. The company is noted for its web-focused, laboratory-specific staff scheduling and competency-tracking solutions. Clients have included Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories (PAML), Muir Lab at John Muir Medical Center, the University of Rochester Medical Center, ViraCor Laboratories, Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital and Adena Regional Medical Center.
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