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) December 17, 2008 -- Axsium Group, North America's premier Workforce Management consulting firm, today announced the successful deployment of Infor Workforce Management (formerly Workbrain) for Visiting Nurse Service of New York's (VNSNY). With over 10,000 highly skilled providers, VNSNY is the largest not-for-profit home health care agency in the nation. Serving an average of 30,000 patients a day, VNSNY required a comprehensive WFM solution to effectively track and manage its workforce while improving the overall quality of care provided.
"Our patient base covers all five boroughs of New York City as well as Nassau County and Westchester County. With a large mobile workforce, accuracy and efficiency are critical to effectively process payroll and manage the cost of healthcare delivery," said Tom Check, CIO, Visiting Nurse Service of New York. "We selected Axsium Group to lead the implementation based on their previous industry experience and ability to address our need to align labor, productivity and patient care. Their delivery methodology fit well with our organizational commitment to innovation."
VNSNY selected Axsium Group to serve as the primary solution integrator for the Infor implementation and to work in conjunction with internal project, functional, and technical teams for complete knowledge transfer. Project objectives included standardizing and automating time and attendance, leave management and scheduling processes across the organization, consolidating real-time workforce reporting, and improving employee satisfaction with online self-service.
"From our previous experience with healthcare organizations, we know that superior operational efficiencies can be achieved by effectively managing the workforce," said Tim Lett, Managing Partner, Axsium Group. "Visiting Nurse Service of New York has all of the traditional healthcare challenges coupled with the uniqueness of providing on site care to their patients. By leveraging a comprehensive WFM solution strategy, VNSNY can maintain an edge in a competitive industry."
About Visiting Nurse Service of New York
With over 10,000 highly skilled care providers, VNSNY is the largest not-for-profit home health care agency in the nation. In 2007, we made 2,248,000 professional home visits to more than 131,600 patients. From Flatbush to Riverdale, Chinatown to Harlem, New Hyde Park to Old Westbury, our caregivers travel throughout New York City, Nassau and Westchester Counties, seeing an average of 30,000 patients each day. Licensed by the New York State Department of Health, we are fully accredited by the Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP) of the National League for Nursing. Our CHAP accreditation - which also includes commendations for quality management and care coordination - assures you that the quality of care provided by VNSNY is nationally recognized for its excellence. For more information visit: www.vnsny.org.
About Axsium Group
Axsium Group Inc., a division of Knightsbridge Human Capital Management, is the industry leader in Workforce Management consulting, dedicated to delivering business and technology advisory services to large, highly distributed organizations. With a singular focus on Workforce Management and thorough a combination of business and technology best practice expertise, our clients gain access to trusted business advisors and technology experts with unmatched experience. Axsium Group has implemented world-class workforce management solutions for companies such as MultiCare Health System, Lifespan, Hamilton Health Sciences, Kindred Healthcare, International Paper, Safeway, JB Hunt, Bank of America, La Senza, Rock-Tenn and American Standard. For more information, visit www.axsiumgroup.com.
About Infor
Infor delivers business-specific software to enterprising organizations. With experience built in, Infor's solutions enable businesses of all sizes to be more enterprising and adapt to the rapid changes of a global marketplace. With more than 70,000 customers, Infor is changing what businesses expect from an enterprise software provider. For additional information, visit www.infor.com.
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