Kahuna Workforce Solutions, a leading skills and competency management SaaS platform, has officially announced the launch of Kahuna Ladder for healthcare, which happens to be a cloud-based clinical ladder platform, geared towards providing a modern alternative to paper-based ladders.
According to certain reports, Kahuna Ladder for healthcare arrives on the scene bearing an ability to unify clinical competency data with automated, transparent career advancement in one purpose-built platform to achieve better retention, stronger engagement, and measurable ROI across
To understand the significance of such a development, we must take into account one particular report, which claimed that healthcare industry will face national shortage of 207,980 full-time equivalent (FTE) registered nurses by 2037.
Against that, Kahuna’s digital clinical ladder platform can improve retention, increase internal mobility, and reduce turnover costs that can average $3.9 million – $5.7 million on an annual basis. More on that would reveal how this platform integrates with a wide range of existing business systems including HRIS, LMS, and more, to deliver transparent, equitable criteria for professional growth.
On top of it, the solution also effectively automates workflows and provides actionable insights built atop proven competency data. This it does to ensure that advancement opportunities are fair, clear, and easy, eventually enhancing retention and job satisfaction across the organization.
Such a mechanism makes it possible for managers to spend less time on administrative tasks and focus on educating, cross-training, and mobilizing the right resources to care for patients. For employees, it generates unprecedented insight into their role expectations and requirements, empowering their professional development.
Beyond that, executives can also leverage Kahuna Ladder for healthcare to evaluate workforce capabilities, plan for future demands, and gain visibility into competency-based staffing with meaningful reporting.
“We are very excited about the potential of Kahuna’s new digital clinical ladder in how it will further enhance transparency with staff and leaders on where they are with their competency completion, and their ability to move into or up the ladder,” said Lisa Tieman, Kahuna Workforce pilot customer, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CPN at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
Talk about the whole value proposition on a slightly deeper level, we begin from the core promise of enhanced retention and reduced burnout. Here, the technology deploys what would be a structured, accessible pathway, with clear growth opportunities, to reduce turnover and burnout. Furthermore, it works on bringing in new skills and a sense of purpose to increase satisfaction and engagement, encouraging talented staff to remain with the organization.
Next up, the platform allows you to achieve effortless transparency into professional development. This translates to how Kahuna Ladder meticulously outlines expectations and requirements for career advancement to encourage participation. These well-structured growth opportunities, on their part, should greatly support existing staff and attract new talent more effectively, especially during labor shortages.
Another detail worth a mention relates to the fact that that Kahuna Ladder’s bid to introduce fresh line of knowledge, competencies, and experiences for helping employees access in the context of handling complex patient needs, and at the same time, elevating care across the organization.
Hold on, we still have a few bits left to unpack, considering we haven’t yet touched upon the relevant technology’s commitment to build trust between clinicians and leadership. You see, the platform conceives a framework for open communication, support, and recognition that promotes trust. The stated framework also rewards optimal performance with promotions, pay increases, and greater responsibilities,
Rounding up highlights would be the prospect of establishing and maintaining designations. In essence, the solution lets you digitally track designations and accreditation requirements, such as Magnet® and Pathway to Excellence® programs, to achieve and maintain excellence designations.
“The healthcare workforce is key to quality patient care. Turnover disrupts continuity of care, increases costs, and can compromise patient safety. Kahuna Ladder for healthcare is purposely built to break these barriers,” said Jai Shah, chief executive officer at Kahuna Workforce Solutions. “With thousands of hospitals and healthcare organizations struggling with ongoing talent shortages, digital technology like Kahuna’s new healthcare ladder is fundamentally changing how they operate their clinical advancement programs to be more effective in boosting retention.”