NHS Trusts Meet at Kronos SMART Customer Conference

Online, April 30, 2013 (Newswire.com) - Kronos Incorporated is hosting its annual SMART customer conference on 30 April in Solihull, Birmingham. The conference features SMART NHS Trust customers presenting success stories that highlight workforce management innovation.

News Facts

Attendees will have the opportunity to hear about many examples of how Trusts have leveraged SMART technology to achieve outstanding results. The success stories include effective ways to increase Bank fill rates; centralised Bureau approach to e-rostering; and benefits of automating time and attendance for all staff.

Featured sessions include:

"How eRostering and Time and Attendance Helps Newcastle Meet its Goals, From Executive Level Down" - Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospital Foundation Trust

"e-Rostering Masterclass" - Sandwell & Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

"Centralised Bureau Identifies Reductions in Sickness and Saves Time and Resource for Highly Qualified Staff" - Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

"With More Than 100 Sites, Paperless e-rostering Leads to More Efficient Use of Staff and SMS Texting Improves Fill Rates for Bank Shifts" - Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

For more information,visit: http://solutions.kronos.co.uk/forms/Q2-13-EML-Con-SSG-Customer-Day.

Supporting Quotes

Tristan Spencer, director, SMART, A Kronos Solution

"The SMART workforce management solution is delivering the type of benefits needed if the NHS is to meet its challenging goals to save costs while safeguarding patient care. We are delighted to offer a forum to enable those Trusts that are leading the way to share their experiences with those that that are still looking to reap the benefits of an automated workforce management solution. Our user-led approach to the annual conference is proving very popular with delegates."

Supporting Resources

The NHS is one of the largest employers in the world, and is the largest in Europe, with more than 1.3 million staff.

SMART is a workforce management solution widely used by the UK's NHS across England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. SMART enables NHS and other health organisations to meet their patient quality care objectives, including the Quality, Innovation, Productivity, and Prevention (QIPP) agenda in England, by optimising staff and ensuring that quality patient care is delivered as efficiently as possible. To learn more about the SMART solution, visit www.smart-rostering.co.uk.

Kronos acquired SMART in April 2012.

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About Kronos Incorporated
Kronos is the global leader in delivering workforce management solutions in the cloud. Tens of thousands of organizations in more than 100 countries - including more than half of the Fortune 1000® - use Kronos to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. Learn more about Kronos industry-specific time and attendance, scheduling, absence management, HR and payroll, hiring, and labor analytics applications at www.kronos.com. Kronos: Workforce Innovation That Works™.

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Contacts: Paski Matarazzo, SMART, A Kronos Solution, +44 (0)1438 822229, [email protected]
Andreina West, PR Artistry, +44 (0) 1491 639500, [email protected]

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