RNJeff73

That's HILARIOUS!!!!! I have been told that API/Concerro doesn't have a interface to Kronos or any other T&A system. A friend of mine that works for Kronos says they have never built any interfaces to their system and that API bought concerro for their customer list. Apparently their hope was to push their T&A onto other facilities that concerro had as customer rather than interface to those that had another T&A like Kronos. Of course you can consider the source, a employee of Kronos talking bad about API? Hmmmm, but he is a good guy and I don't think it would lie. I hope this helps.

Thanks Gabby, it would have to be a different version than what I used. Ours was not user friendly. It was odd that Kronos being the T&A system it was hard to get accurate information on an employee's productivity etc.. I have met several Kronos people and they are really cool, except the sales people, they were not, the company seems really great. I just thought that the scheduling system wasn't very good, that's why I am fighting so hard to block this from happening.

Really?!? Wow, I am impressed. I don't like Cerner. Maybe I had an old version but I have never heard of anyone saying that Clarvia was "user friendly". Ok, I'll put them on the list. I was given permission to compile a list of companies and their features etc.. I'll present it to management and maybe they will let me review them and wedge myself into the decision making process, if it's not too late. I have to say that everyone on here has helped me a lot, I am finding out stuff on the various systems that I never knew, not to mention learned of some that I never knew existed.

Lol, thats awesome! I remember my first paycheck. I worked a lot of hours and picked up shifts in the same pay period and the check was pretty big.......and then it was gone in 3 days!

Thank you for the info avidreader.jdp, I have done other searches only to find pretty much the same message on "the big dogs".

I am insane about washing my hands....not quite compulsive but then again that's what a compulsive person would say. I don't usually get sick, usually 3 big ones per year, is that a lot?

Yes, I heard the training for Kronos was lengthy and cumbersome but so far I haven't had the pleasure.

How is OptiLink?

I know that IT has to have their mitts on everything, I used to work in the IT field when I was younger but being in my current position I realize that IT should not make decisions solely without the involvement of the clinical side. Really, what does a IT geek know about patient care? I have gone to my superiors and asked if we could be involved in the process. My VP says the decision isn't set so there may be time to get a committee together. Now for the better question......what else is there? I know I don't want Kronos, just from what everyone has said they won't be a good fit. Cerner? NO! Concerro, I'll look into because I didn't have that much exposure and they must have improved upon it. Anything else? I did a search for the following, can anyone weigh in on these? SmartSquare ShiftWizard ANSOS BTW, thanks for the help everyone! This really has helped!!

I don't know if there is anything I can do about the process. IT must be in the pocket of someone at Kronos, I hear all the time of facilities uninstalling the scheduling system. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can short circuit this decision? I know that going with some of the bigger companies is best but they don't seem to support the product. My friend said that Kronos was made for casinos, I love poker so that made me smile a bit but how can you compare the clinical environment with someone betting on black or red?

Hey everyone, I am a manager at a facility in sunny....well cloudy VA. We are FINALLY getting rid of the disaster that is cerner's scheduling system only to be forced to swallow Kronos. I don't know anything about Kronos other than that I hear that it's really cumbersome and hard to use. A friend at another facility says they are booting Kronos because it's hard to use and they simply don't support the product. I want to heard from everyone on how this is going to affect us. I'll be honest, I hate Cerner, their EMR sucks and the scheduler if possible is worse. I have to admit that I saw all the pretty graphs originally and thought it was great but since that time I have seen the system to be useless and more importantly it LENGTHENS the time I spend on pretty much everything. Problem: Our IT department is making the decision for us. Really?! Why would a department that has no direct patient care make the decision for us. They don't know how we schedule or what productivity information is important to me, my director, or our cno. Frustrating! At my last facility we had Concerro and that wasn't that bad but it just took to long to do anything and their tech support was HORRIBLE. They ended up getting rid of that because of the API buyout and moved us to the disaster that was Shift Hound. We actually lost nurses because of the way they attempted to accomplish self-scheduling. What I need to know is, is Kronos any better? Why can't I get a system that works and is easy to use. It can't be that hard can it? Nursing schedules are pretty easy, not like the docs, they are all over the place! Please, someone help!

We had two birds that got in once and it took days to get them out. Maybe we can get NicuGal's bats and my birds to eat your mice!

I remember seeing a friend saved by a paramedic when I was young. The firemen pulled my next door neighbor out of their house and the paramedic worked on him to revive him. I still remember the moment my friend started breathing again. I knew then that I wanted to be that important, to help people and save lives.

Hey everyone, I am a manager at a facility in sunny....well cloudy VA. We are FINALLY getting rid of the disaster that is cerner's scheduling system only to be forced to swallow Kronos. I don't know anything about Kronos other than that I hear that it's really cumbersome and hard to use. A friend at another facility says they are booting Kronos because it's hard to use and they simply don't support the product. I want to heard from everyone on how this is going to affect us. I'll be honest, I hate Cerner, their EMR sucks and the scheduler if possible is worse. I have to admit that I saw all the pretty graphs originally and thought it was great but since that time I have seen the system to be useless and more importantly it LENGTHENS the time I spend on pretty much everything. Problem: Our IT department is making the decision for us. Really?! Why would a department that has no direct patient care make the decision for us. They don't know how we schedule or what productivity information is important to me, my director, or our cno. Frustrating! At my last facility we had Concerro and that wasn't that bad but it just took to long to do anything and their tech support was HORRIBLE. They ended up getting rid of that because of the API buyout and moved us to the disaster that was Shift Hound. We actually lost nurses because of the way they attempted to accomplish self-scheduling. What I need to know is, is Kronos any better? Why can't I get a system that works and is easy to use. It can't be that hard can it? Nursing schedules are pretty easy, not like the docs, they are all over the place! Please, someone help!