Nurse Leader
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 26-28, February 2006

Shift bidding technology: A substantial return on investment

  • Laura Fortin, CNO/COO

      Affiliations

    • Laura Fortin is the chief nursing and operations officer for CHRISTUS St. Joseph Hospital in Houston, TX.
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  • Kathy Douglas, CNE

      Affiliations

    • Kathy Douglas is vice president and chief nursing executive at BidShift, Inc., in San Diego, CA.

Like many hospitals, 792-bed CHRISTUS St. Joseph Hospital in Houston, Texas, was dealing with fierce competition in the local nursing market by hiring costly agency nurses to fill open shifts.

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PII: S1541-4612(05)00195-3

doi:10.1016/j.mnl.2005.11.004

Nurse Leader
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 26-28, February 2006

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