The healthcare sector is perhaps one of the most dynamic in The Netherlands. The ageing of the population and a variety of the associated developments have had a major impact on business operations as a whole, such as mergers, forced cutbacks, system reforms and the shift towards demand-driven healthcare. Although these developments are demanding, they represent opportunities for optimizing operations. ORTEC provides the healthcare sector with a wide range of solutions for staff scheduling, multi-resource capacity management, scheduling and routing and training scheduling.

Innovation with SAP certified solution for Workforce Scheduling

ORBIS Medical and Healthcare Group are the First Hospital to opt for ORTEC’s SAPCertified Workforce Scheduling Solution.

The new ORBIS Medical Park, where the Hospital of the Future will be located, involves far more than just the construction of new buildings. To capitalize on future healthcare requirements, ORBIS Medical and Healthcare Group has developed a whole new concept in healthcare in which construction, layout, organization, processes and ICT have all been completely revamped. In anticipation of this new concept and the move to the new premises, ORBIS has already optimized its resource planning processes by implementing ORTEC’s workforce scheduling solution, HARMONY, across its whole organization and integrating it with its SAP HR and Payroll systems.

Cost Savings
“All processes will in theory have been completely digitized by the time we move to the ORBIS Medical Park,”says Mirella Bouweriks, HR Director. To make information available at every work place, paper has been eliminated on the work floor, and the entire primary process (including patient files) has been digitized. The integrated shift roster schedule will also be available throughout the entire hospital in digital format. ORBIS has been working on Transparent Rostering and Integral Planning for the entire ORBIS Medical Park under the project name TRIP. “Currently, scheduling is fragmented across 85 different scheduling systems throughout the organization. This will shortly become one unified system that is fully integrated with SAP HR,” says Bouweriks. “We anticipate achieving considerable improvements in staff deployment, which in turn will contribute to higher quality healthcare and reduced costs. Our business case estimates a pay back period of less than two years. In the area of scheduling alone, we are already achieving savings of more than 50%. Time that can then be used well to reinvest in healthcare.”