Microsoft PowerApps | Case Study | Nurse onboarding

The agency had an onboarding process for new nurses that was inefficient, time consuming, and lacked in communication between departments. This process required newly hired nursing staff to fill out several paper forms by hand, which HR would then have to manually enter into the HR system. The nurses were also responsible for making sure HR received all medical certifications, which then would need to be verified by HR staff. Hospital policies and training procedures were also shared with new hires in the form of paper documents. Communication between departments became difficult due to a lack of a central platform where all Administrative and Medical staff could easily share communications, download policy changes or memos, request staff changes, and more.

Because of the fast-paced nature of the hospital environment and the over-arching issue of low staffing found throughout the healthcare industry, the client required a solution that could streamline their onboarding process. This new solution would be utilized to improve nursing staff retention, gather vital information more quickly and accurately, ensure compliance standards are met, and make the process of assigning nursing staff to local hospitals more accurate and time efficient. It was also of vital importance that their new solution be properly secured to maintain privacy of staff and patient information.