McKesson Healthcare services and information technology firm has announced the availability of its workforce management suite - a complete solution suite that manages the most important asset of any healthcare enterprise, its human capital.

By providing a comprehensive solution suite that supports the work and life balance of care providers and facilitates communication across the enterprise, McKesson enables hospitals to maintain their focus on patient care.  As part of McKesson’s Patient Care Advantage offering, the workforce management solution suite provides hospitals with the means to deliver safer, more efficient care by staffing employees at the right time and place within the care continuum.

The fully-integrated workforce management offering features staffing, scheduling and enterprise productivity management, open shift management and time and attendance capabilities, as well as human resource and payroll management.

The solution also empowers staff by providing Web-based access to key HR functions that support work-life balance, such as visibility into available open shifts and the ability to view vacation accruals.

By equipping managers and leaders with Web-based dashboards highlighting the information they need to make sound business decisions, the solution suite fosters a culture of personal accountability and proactive decision-making.

Duncan James, group president, Health Systems, McKesson Provider Technologies. said “The initiative to deliver the best possible care will only become more difficult in coming years, as the shortage in clinical staff is expected to worsen. Making sure you have the right people available at the right time is essential to running a safe and efficient hospital,”