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Lennox & Addington County General Hospital Achieves 24-Month Payback with Quadrant HR Payroll

In January 2000, Lennox & Addington County General Hospital replaced their service bureau payroll vendor with Quadrant HR’s Payroll module. Since doing so, they successfully achieved 24-month payback with their new in-house Payroll solution and realized many time and cost-saving benefits.

“With Quadrant HR, I get the level of detail I want. Plus, the Director, Finance and Administration can view the reports she wants, when she needs them,” says Cheryl Baker, HR/Payroll/Scheduling Officer.

Quadrant HR Payroll has helped them to:
- eliminate paper waste
- get more detailed report and the flexibility to generate as needed
- save, at minimum, $1,500/year on third-party interfaces
- reduce time to produce one manual cheque from 5 hours to 30 minutes
- gain confidence in data integrity
- realize proactive payroll processing vs. reactive
- eliminate Service Bureau fees

Lennox & Addington County General Hospital is a 32-bed facility offering 24-hour ER, in-patient care including acute, chronic care and a special care unit. Lennox is currently undergoing an expansion that will increase bed capacity to 52 by fall 2008.

To read more about Lennox & Addington’s success, read the case study.

MacLeod Group of Homes ‘Live’ with Quadrant HR Payroll

QHR Software Inc. is pleased to announce MacLeod Group of Homes is now ‘live’ with Quadrant HR’s Payroll module for their 450 employees.

MacLeod Group of Homes is a private, long term care facility located in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. Macleod Group is one of the largest owner/operator developers of Continuing Care Centres in the province offering comprehensive programs and services from personal care to pastoral care.

Quadrant HR™ Payroll allows users to catch fluctuations and errors in pay before sending the EFT to the bank, handle retroactive payments and split position processing with ease, and connect management with information that helps support decisions with online and customizable reporting for labour costing, distribution and analysis. To learn more, go to Quadrant HR Payroll.

St. Joseph’s Auxiliary Hospital chooses Quadrant HR Staff Scheduling

QHR Software Inc. is pleased to announce St. Joseph’s Auxiliary Hospital (SJAH) has selected Quadrant HR’s Staff Scheduling module to complement the Quadrant HR Payroll module which they have used since December 2001 to administer their 400 employees.

With the combined use of Quadrant HR Payroll and Staff Scheduling modules, SJAH will benefit from the advantages of an integrated solution eliminating imports and exports to a third-party scheduling vendor.

Ray Lister, Director of HR with SJAH says “As one of the original QHR users in Alberta, we look forward to finally implementing the Scheduling module into our QHR payroll processing. We believe that we will be able to reduce the duplication that we currently have with our existing scheduling program and that we will be able to take advantage of the streamlined process.”

St. Joseph’s Auxiliary Hospital, located in Edmonton, Alberta, is a 204-bed, faith-based, voluntary, continuing care facility operating within the Capital Health Authority and in collaboration with other health care service providers. They provide programs and services to people of all faiths, cultures, ages, abilities,and interests.

Pictou County Health Authority Chooses Quadrant HR Staff Scheduling

QHR Software Inc. is pleased to announce Pictou County Health Authority (PCHA) has selected Quadrant HR’s Staff Scheduling module to help improve their scheduling process for 850 employees.

PCHA has been a QHR Software payroll client since April 2004. The addition of Quadrant HR Staff Scheduling will eliminate the redundancies and frustrations associated with manual scheduling processes and streamline workflow. More important, the addition of Staff Scheduling will complement the Quadrant HR Payroll module they use today.

The Pictou County Health Authority is responsible for delivering health care services to the 48,000 residents of Pictou County as well as regional programs to the larger population of northeastern Nova Scotia. Services and programs are delivered through the Aberdeen Hospital in New Glasgow, Sutherland Harris Memorial Hospital in Pictou, Addiction Services, Mental Health Services and Public Health Services.

Banff Mineral Springs Hospital ‘Live’ with Quadrant HR Staff Scheduling

QHR Software Inc. is pleased to announce Banff Mineral Springs Hospital (BMSH) is now ‘live’ with Quadrant HR’s Staff Scheduling module. This will enable BMSH to streamline their scheduling process for their 200 employees.

BMSH has been a QHR Software payroll client since March 2000. The addition of Quadrant HR Staff Scheduling will eliminate the redundancies and frustrations associated with a third-party scheduling tool. More important, the addition of Staff Scheduling will complement the Quadrant HR Payroll module they use today.

Linda Laing, Manager of the BMSH Human Resources and Payroll Departments says, “We were very happy to implement an integrated payroll and scheduling system. Rework and error will be virtually eliminated which will save time and money. The support we have received from the QHR team has been fantastic.”

BMSH estimates they will realize the following benefits by replacing their previous Staff Scheduling system with Quadrant HR’s:

• reduce the support and maintenance of two servers to one with full integration between Quadrant HR Staff Scheduling and Payroll.
• elimate timecard imports/exports saving approximately 58 hours each pay period.
• create schedules on the fly, using master rotations or any combination of both – eliminating time and effort for workarounds.

These two fully integrated modules will help streamline Payroll and Staff Scheduling to better manage the growing complexity of their workforce.

Banff Mineral Springs Hospital is located in the Town of Banff, 130 kilometres west of Calgary, Alberta in the heart of the Canadian Rockies. It is sponsored by the Alberta Catholic Hospital Corporation, cooperates with the Calgary Health Region in the provision of health services and is governed by a local Board of Directors.

Quadrant HR Version 2.6.2 Now Available

QHR Software Inc. is pleased to announce the release of Quadrant HR™ 2.6.2. This release offers new Self Scheduling capabilities and enhancements for Staff Scheduling, Reporting, and Payroll functionality.

“This is an exciting milestone for QHR Software as Version 2.6.2 is our first Agile release” says Gary Johnston, QHR Director of Product Management. Agile software development is a conceptual framework for undertaking software engineering projects which attempt to minimize risk by developing software in short time frames.

Customers will benefit from the following features:

- Self Scheduling – provides the capability for employees to select and review schedules from the convenience of your home using QHRnet – Quadrant HR’s self service module.
- Staff Scheduling – improved shift approval process making it easier to navigate from scheduled shifts to timecards, inactivate shift activities, unit and shift types.
- Mass updates – Version 2.6.2 provides a host of mass updates that assign earnings, deductions, allowances, and banks to employees all at once.
- Retroactive Payment Management – Manage your retroactive payments with Quadrant HR’s distinct retroactive payroll process. Identify and track system calculated retro payments separately from manual retro payments.

Full release notes are available exclusively for QHR Software Inc. customers in QHR iSupport.

QHR Staff Scheduling Webinar Now Available

Last week, QHR Software offered a webinar for organizations wanting to learn about Quadrant HR’s Staff Scheduling module.

Quadrant HR Staff Scheduling helps organizations gain control over their entire scheduling process to maximize staff productivity, track employee absenteeism and meet budgetary requirements.

Special guest, Teri Kindrat, Labour Relations Officer from South Eastman Health, shares her organization’s experience of how Quadrant HR Staff Scheduling has helped them.

To view this pre-recorded webinar, please click here.

The following functionality was covered:
-How to view and organize scheduling groups
-Creating ad hoc employee schedules and using master rotations
-Removing employees from the schedule and finding the most qualified replacement
-How to eliminate manual keying of timecards and quickly generate accurate payroll
See how reports can be easily created that help the scheduling process.

Employment Insurance Premiums Reduced in 2007

The Canada Employment Insurance Commission approved a reduction of employment insurance (EI) premium rates for 2007.

For employees, the premium rate will fall to $1.80 from its current level of $1.87 per $100 of insurable earnings, effective January 1, 2007. The rate paid by employers will be reduced to $2.52 from $2.62 per $100 of insurable earnings. To learn more, click here.

Payroll Deductions Online Calculator

Starting January 1, 2007, employers can use the Canadian Revenue Agency’s new Payroll Deductions Online calculator free of charge. This eliminates the need to download or install the program. To learn more, click here.

QHRnet Self Service Webinar Now Available

Last week, QHR Software offered a webinar for organizations wanting a preview of QHRnet – Quadrant HR’s employee and manager self service module.

QHRnet helps organizations address the following business challenges:
- Reducing the number of transactional inquiries into the Human Resources Department
- Facilitating employee and manager communication and workflow such as employee submission and manager approval of leave requests online.
- Providing employees with the capability to view and update personal information online in a user-friendly, secure environment.

To view this pre-recorded webinar, please click here.