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Engaging with Shift2Shift is the decisive next step in transforming your organization from reactive staffing to proactive, AI-driven human capital optimization. We invite you to initiate a conversation that addresses the urgent needs of your health system and enhances patient access. Whether you require answers regarding our predictive analytics software or wish to move forward with implementation, you can schedule a Technical Deep-Dive or a Constraint Workshop with our team to begin translating your clinical policies into the platform’s intelligent rules engine. Let us demonstrate how our solution provides real-time capacity information, drives significant financial returns, and delivers the optimal, acuity-driven assignment methodology necessary to achieve system-wide operational cadence.
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What is Shift2Shift?
The platform’s core value is delivered through an automated assignment engine that generates equitable, transparent, and safe assignments in minutes, rather than the hours typically consumed by manual processes. S2S achieves this by seamlessly integrating with existing core systems—ingesting real-time patient acuity and census data from the EHR and staff skills and scheduling rules from the Workforce Management (WFM) system like UKG.
How quickly can we implement Shift2Shift, and what mechanisms are in place to mitigate risk during the rollout?
Our standard implementation follows an aggressive yet achievable 90-Day Blueprint designed for a rapid sprint to value. We structure this process to mitigate risk and prove value early through a phased rollout strategy, beginning with a Technical Integration and IT Security Audit in Phase 1. Before going live, we configure the platform’s rules and run a “Digital Twin” Simulation against the client’s historical data to model and project potential savings, validating the system’s accuracy before clinical use. The platform is launched using a phased rollout strategy, starting with “Lighthouse Units,” and is supported by a 24/7 Hyper-Care Command Center during the initial seven days to ensure a stable, uneventful transition.
What is the clear financial justification for this platform, and how quickly does the investment pay for itself?
Shift2Shift is intentionally designed to be a self-funding solution that delivers immediate ROI by attacking the dual crisis of agency labor costs and nurse turnover. The platform pays for its annual cost by eliminating the need for just 1.1 agency nurse contracts per month for a typical 300-bed facility, serving as the hard ROI breakeven point. Furthermore, given the significant cost to replace a single registered nurse (estimated between $40,000 and $52,000), the system’s entire annual contract value is covered simply by preventing three nurses from leaving the organization due to unfair workload assignments over a 12-month period.
How does the system ensure assignments are clinically safe and compliant, and how does this technology actively reduce nurse burnout?
The platform uses a transparent, hierarchical multi-layered rules engine that prioritizes patient safety and regulatory adherence. The system utilizes Hard Constraints that act as non-negotiable rules, instantly rejecting assignments if compliance is violated (e.g., matching licensed RNs to verified certifications or adhering to mandated ratios). This functionality is crucial for achieving auditable documentation and governance, directly supporting The Joint Commission’s 2026 National Performance Goal for staffing. To proactively reduce burnout, the platform employs Soft Constraints to optimize for equitable workload balance, distributing patient acuity evenly among staff (not just patient count), and prioritizing staff satisfaction factors such as continuity of care and honoring preferences. This equitable assignment process is foundational to reducing the stress and moral distress that drives high turnover.
