Healthcare Software streamlines JCAHO audits.
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Enabling hospitals to develop/assess nurses, eAppraisal Healthcare v8.1 supports position specific checklists required by JCAHO surveyors. Web-based employee performance management software eliminates labor-intensive paper system with secured document management to track completed checklists for identifying potential high performers and competency gaps. It enables multiple managers and supervisors to contribute to performance evaluation of every healthcare worker.
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New Version of Halogen eAppraisal Healthcare Enables Hospitals to On-Board, Develop and Assess Nurses Faster
New employee performance management solution substantially reduces the traditional workload for nurse managers and streamlines JCAHO audits
HOUSTON, TX, May 22 -- IHRIM HRM Strategies Conference - Halogen Software Inc., the leading provider of Web-based employee performance and talent management software, today announced the upcoming release of eAppraisal Healthcare 8.1 this summer. Halogen is exclusively endorsed by the American Hospital Association (AHA) as the healthcare employee performance and talent management provider of choice and already has over 150 healthcare customers, serving hundreds of hospitals in North America. The new features of this product focus on reducing the traditional workload for nurse managers while also providing finger-tip access to reports and detailed information for JCAHO surveyors and the organization as a whole.
New eAppraisal Healthcare 8.1 streamlines competency checklists required by JCAHO and in the same way facilitates orientation checklists to make on-boarding easier. Traditionally, nurses had to manage these processes using a labor-intensive paper system that resulted in lost documents, wasted time and a process that was almost impossible to keep track of. Now hospital employees - medical, clinical, or general healthcare staff - can take ownership for their own checklist(s) and ensure that preceptors validate their demonstration of required competencies. eAppraisal Healthcare supports position specific checklists with areas to collect verification method, initials, date of observation, and the assignment of action plans to address competency gaps. Documents are secure and easily accessible to performance evaluators and reporting tools enable managers to track completed checklists and identify potential high performers and competency gaps. The completion of these competency checklists can be mandated before a performance appraisal or merit increase takes place. These new features allow healthcare organizations to easily demonstrate to JCAHO surveyors that a repeatable process is in place to assess, demonstrate, track and improve the competency of hospital staff.
Rockford Health System relies on Halogen to simplify handling JCACHO compliance requirements. "Halogen makes it simple for us to fulfill JCAHO auditor requests for compliance information, "said Heidi Elsbree, director benefits, compensation and HRIS at Rockford Health System . "The system is an easy way for us to provide evaluators with the performance reviews they need instantly. It also relieves managers of the administrative filing responsibilities, enabling them to focus on core responsibilities."
Other new features of Halogen eAppraisal Healthcare 8.1 are designed to further address the structural challenges of today's healthcare organizations. The reality is that employees commonly fill more than one position, work various shifts and can report to different units and managers. eAppraisal Healthcare 8.1 enables multiple managers and supervisors to contribute to the performance evaluation of a single healthcare worker. This provides a more complete and accurate picture of the employee's performance.
"We absolutely recommend Halogen to any other healthcare provider looking to improve their employee performance management system," said Deborah Price, systems analyst at Fayette County Memorial Hospital. "I truly do love the product, the ease of use of it, and the flexibility of the workflow. I have great regard for Halogen. As a company, they have the right things in mind."
Pricing and Availability
eAppraisal Healthcare 8.1 will be available summer 2007. For pricing information, please contact Halogen directly.
About Halogen Software
With nearly 1000 customers world wide, Halogen Software Inc. has established itself as the leading provider of employee performance and talent management solutions. Founded in 2001 as a subsidiary of a successful consulting company, Halogen offers powerful, easy-to-use, and affordable Web-based software that dramatically improves HR and line-manager productivity.
The company's award winning suite provides organizations with everything they need to develop a high performance workforce: Halogen eAppraisal(TM), makes it quick and simple to deliver professional employee appraisals that align with organization goals and helps drive bottom line success. Halogen eCompensation(TM) automates the entire compensation adjustment process including budget distribution and approval. Halogen eSuccession(TM) makes it simple and affordable to get a best practices succession planning program underway - right away. And Halogen e360(TM) automates and simplifies formal 360-degree feedback procedures and offers sophisticated performance reporting.
Industry specific suites are provided for Healthcare, Financial Services and Professional Services. Halogen eAppraisal Healthcare(TM), exclusively endorsed by the American Hospital Association, helps healthcare organizations produce meaningful appraisals on time and allows them to always be in a "ready state" for accreditation surveyors from JCAHO®, OSHA, ACHA, and others. Halogen eAppraisal Financial Services(TM) helps financial services organizations reduce the risk of non-compliance and ships with a comprehensive library of industry specific competencies and authoring aids. Halogen eAppraisal Professional Services(TM) makes it simple and affordable to conduct engagement reviews, and employee evaluations with multi-rater input, align corporate goals, and develop a high performance workforce year round.
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Source: HALOGEN SOFTWARE
CONTACT: Media contacts: Donna Ronayne VP, Marketing & Business Development, Halogen Software, (613) 270-1011 x 320, dronayne@halogensoftware.com
