When you break down automated time and attendance it’s really just a way to take analog information and make it digital so you can smoothly transfer the data and easily apply it to other processes.  Where it can often get more complicated is when the analysis of the information is applied to a business context [...]

At least as of late, Madison, WI has been experiencing some unseasonably warm, sunny and Spring-like weather even though it’s unusually premature for the middle of March. However, the extra vitamin D from the sun’s warm rays is a welcomed change of pace from our typical overcast chilly norm for this time of year. So [...]

In a recent article, Hill Briefing Highlights Importance of Direct Care Workers, the importance of direct care workers was addressed.  A few programs were highlighted, one of which was a program for aging veterans in which teh program helps reduce hospital admissions, decrease the number of days patients are admitted to a hospital and reduced the [...]

In the long-term care industry, I don’t know too many folks who worry about their time and attendance system until it reaches critical mass – when it’s broken, not performing appropriately, or if it’s a manual process, when some major snafu has forced their hand and it’s time to finally automate the process of collecting and calculating [...]

If you’ve read The Coming Jobs War, by Jim Clifton, you know that what everyone in the world is currently interested in is a good job. Here’s a quick quote from the book: “Humans used to desire love, money, food, shelter, safety, peace, and freedom more than anything else. The last 30 years have changed us. [...]

Recently, I read Investing In Workforce Management Tech Is Not Just Smart. You Get An $8 Return Per $1 Invested by Ramon Ray.  The article highlighted a Nucleus Research study that suggested an average company investing in a workforce management system – time and attendance, scheduling, hr, payroll technology solutions creating process workflow efficiencies via automation and data [...]

LeadingAge, a national long-term care association, recently had an article on their website titled, 10 Aging Services Technologies that Belong in Your Organization.  The article listed 10 technology solutions an aging services organization should be equipped with in our modern times. Here’s the brief version of their list (you can follow the link above to [...]

Number 1 on Gartner’s Top Ten Technologies of 2012 list is Cloud Computing.  This is because of the Cloud’s scalability and flexibility.  Using Internet technologies a client gains a flexible IT infrastructure, meaning, a client company no longer has to maintain their own IT resources to help maintain any particular software product – that is [...]

In the long term care industry labor costs associated with overtime are the proverbial thorn in the side of administrators as they get pressure to quantify bottom line labor cost savings from the CFO or Director of Operations. We tend to categorize overtime into two main buckets: Planned Overtime Planned overtime essentially consists of overtime [...]

Non-profit organizations are pretty use to stretching their resources beyond their current means.  Given the state of the current economy, even their for-profit counterparts are scrambling for innovative ways to extend their resources. For non-profits, it may seem like the price of doing non-profit work.  Regardless, of your opinion on that statement it’s safe to [...]