Villa Maria Long-term Care Facility Expands Use of Nurse Scheduling Software

Online staff scheduling software helps skilled long-term care facility schedule nurses

FARGO, ND - February 15, 2012 - Atlas Business Solutions, Inc. (ABS) announced today that Villa Maria of Fargo, North Dakota, a member of the Sisters of Mary of the Presentation Health System, is now using ScheduleAnywhere to schedule its entire nursing and support staff of around 225 employees. Villa Maria had been using ScheduleAnywhere to schedule its 175 nurses, but is now using ScheduleAnywhere to schedule an additional 50 dietary staff, plus track skills and certifications. 

Proven Nurse Scheduling Software
Villa Maria has been using ScheduleAnywhere to schedules its nursing staff since 2008. Prior to implementation, nurses at Villa Maria were scheduled using an Excel spreadsheet. This process proved time consuming, cumbersome and error prone for nurse managers and nurses. For over three years, Villa Maria has been using ABS's nurse scheduling software and it's proven invaluable. This online nurse scheduling software has streamlined the staff scheduling process and allowed nurses to view schedules and make requests online. 

Tracking Skills and Certifications
Villa Maria is now using ScheduleAnywhere for tracking employee skills and certifications. "Not only has ScheduleAnywhere greatly improved our staff scheduling and shift management process, we are now utilizing ScheduleAnywhere for our skills and certifications tracking," said Darcy Schenck, Director of Finance for Villa Maria. "We used to track this information on paper and in Excel, which made it difficult to manage."

ScheduleAnywhere allows users to create and track an unlimited number of skills, certifications, training, and other important employee-specific attributes. Effective dates and expiration dates can be tracked in ScheduleAnywhere and managers are automatically alerted prior to expiration. This helps facilities maintain compliance and reduce liability. 

What is ScheduleAnywhere
ScheduleAnywhere is online employee scheduling software from Atlas Business Solutions that includes everything a manager needs to quickly and easily create and manage employee work schedules. This Software as a Service (SaaS) helps ensure proper shift coverage, eliminate scheduling conflicts, manage shift rotations, track time-off and hours scheduled, handle staff availability and time-off requests, track skills and certifications, and estimate payroll costs. With real-time access to schedules, ScheduleAnywhere assists thousands of managers and businesses daily by saving them time and helping reduce unnecessary overtime. ScheduleAnywhere is ideal for both small businesses and large corporations. For more information, visit www.scheduleanywhere.com. 

About Villa Maria and SMP Health System
Villa Maria is a 140-bed skilled long-term care facility in Fargo, North Dakota that has been serving the Fargo-Moorhead community for more than 30 years. Villa Maria is a member of the Sisters of Mary of the Presentation Health System (SMP Health System), a non-profit organization dedicated to ministering to all who come to them. SMP Health System has hospitals/clinics, home health, long-term care and senior housing operations in North Dakota, Iowa and Illinois. 

About ABS
Atlas Business Solutions, Inc. (ABS) is a leading provider of easy-to-learn, easy-to-use, and affordable business software. Since 1991, ABS has helped customers directly reduce costs, save time and streamline business processes by providing employee scheduling software, human resource software, appointment scheduling software, and business plan software. ABS was named one of Software Magazine's Top 500 Software Companies in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.