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South Eastman Health Standardizes Staff Scheduling

South Eastman Health has successfully standardized Staff Scheduling processes and achieved consistency in application of collective agreements with the help of Quadrant HR™ Staff Scheduling. The Staff Scheduling module is currently implemented at over 50% of their regional scheduling units with the remaining units going ‘live’ by Fall 2006. South Eastman also uses Quadrant HR’s Payroll module to pay over 850 employees.

South Eastman Health has 3 Acute Care Hospitals, 1 Corporate Office and 6 Community Offices in the south-eastern region of Manitoba and provides health care and services to 55,000 people.

Quadrant HR™ Staff Scheduling has helped them to:
- standardize their scheduling process
- centralize scheduling
- decrease labour requirements for the scheduling function
- decrease timesheet entry by 50%
- improve employee and manager understanding of collective agreements; and
- eliminate process redundancies.

“We now feel confident that the scheduler is paying employees properly,” says Teri Kindrat, Labour Relations Officer “and we have made quantum leaps in data confidence versus before.”
Once Staff Scheduling is ‘live’ at all sites by Fall 2006, they will continue their plans to implement Quadrant HR’s Human Resources module to realize the full advantages of an integrated HRMS.

To read more about South Eastman’s success, read the case study.

Shepherds of Good Hope ‘Live’ with Quadrant HR Staff Scheduling

QHR Software Inc. is pleased to announce Shepherds of Good Hope is now ‘live’ with Quadrant HR’s hosted iServ solution for Staff Scheduling. This will enable them to streamline their scheduling process for 130+ employees.

Shepherds of Good Hope is located in Ottawa, Ontario and offers various programs and services for the community including emergency shelters, addiction recovery, support services including a soup kitchen, grocery and clothing programs and five supportive housing projects designed to allow individuals the flexibility to move from one level of support to another depending on individual needs.

Lucianio Deluca, Senior Manager, Administration at Shepherds of Good Hope says, “we look forward to seeing how this will help us.”

The implementation of Staff Scheduling is the second phase of this strategic HRMS initiative. Shepherds of Good Hope has been using the hosted iServ solution for Payroll since December 2005. These two fully integrated modules will help streamline Payroll and Staff Scheduling to better manage the growing complexity of their workforce.

St. Amant ‘Live’ with Quadrant HR Payroll

QHR Software Inc. is pleased to announce St. Amant is now ‘live’ with Quadrant HR™ Payroll for their 1,300 employees.

St. Amant is a non-profit corporation, located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, offering a wide range of programming, services and care to support both developmentally-disabled people and their families. Services include a large main residence, 54 community sites and homes, a research centre, a school and a daycare. Among other services, St. Amant offers an effective program for autistic children and another for families who care for a developmentally-disabled individual at home.

Shirley Labossiere, Vice President and CFO at St. Amant says, “We are thrilled to have achieved this significant milestone, and we look forward to the next phase in our relationship with QHR.”

The implementation of Quadrant HR™ Payroll is the first phase of this strategic HRMS initiative. St. Amant will continue implementing the rest of the Quadrant HR™ application, starting with Staff Scheduling, later this summer. Having a fully integrated HRMS will help streamline Human Resources, Payroll, Staff Scheduling to better manage the growing complexity of their workforce.

QHR Software Launches New Website focussed on the ROI of HR Solution

QHR Software Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of our new website.

This new website reflects QHR’s ongoing commitment to helping organizations solve business problems using integrated Human Resources, Staff Scheduling and Payroll software and solutions.

Website highlights include:
-Fresh, professional look with easier navigation
-Client case studies outlining customer goals and benefits
-The ability to search by business goal or product feature
-Multimedia product tours
-Opt-in list to receive QHR news and updates
-Embedded flash elements
-Blog-driven Newsroom section with RSS feed
-Highly optimized for search engines
-A 100% valid code base

“We are pleased to offer a website which reflects the benefits our clients enjoy with Quadrant HR™,” says Cindy Danielson, Marketing Manager at QHR Software. “The site is primarily a marketing tool for us and is closely integrated with our on-line marketing efforts and sales process. We have received positive feedback from existing customers looking to expand the use of our solutions and from prospective customers who want to learn more about QHR Software,” says Danielson.

Quadrant HR Version 2.6 released!

QHR Software Inc. is pleased to announce the release of Quadrant HR™ 2.6. While this release offers many perfective enhancements for payroll, reporting, scheduling and human resources functionality, customers will benefit from the following new features:

Life Insurance gender smoking grid
A new method has been developed to calculate Optional Life and Spousal Life Insurance based on a grid structure relating to employee and employee status attributes, including age, gender, and whether the employee or spouse is a smoker or a non-smoker. The deduction is applied in relation to a coverage level selected by the employee.

New timecard event method – Applied Premium
A new timecard event method allows a client to specify a premium for an earning through a time card event rather than having to manually add the premium at the timecard level. This may be used in scenarios where a premium amount is required on an earning code for which the earning code is pensionable but the premium amount is not. This method generates a premium transaction based on the timecard entry to
which it is associated.

New Excel functionality for WYSIWYG and pooled employee reports available directly from schedules
A new pooled employee report is available, and is useful for identifying the right person to call in for a shift. The report uses one-click Excel integration in order to create a seniority call-in report, which is the same as the unit schedule, only it includes availability. A New Excel button for creating schedule reports directly from the open schedule screen view delivers powerful WYSIWYG reporting.

Transaction Server Reports
Version 2.6 of Quadrant HR contains Transaction Server Report capability. In previous versions, Transaction Reporting was available only in Client Reports. The new Transaction Reports combine all of the functionality of the original Client Reports with the ease of use and flexibility of Server Reports. These report types offer vastly increased performance allowing faster return of data and more flexible filter options.

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

QHR Software Users gain enhanced customer support with web portal

QHR Software Inc. has released a secure information portal providing comprehensive resources to Quadrant HR™ users. This resource has met with positive reviews from many users.

Information that pertains to each user is organized according to security levels and relevance. For example, users will only see updates and documentation applicable to the Province in which they are located.

Some of the iSupport Highlights:
* What’s New – Recent product news and updates.
* Release Information – Documentation and eDemos providing details about new features and functionality. eDemos can be downloaded at your convenience.
* Documentation – Year end procedures, technical documentation, reporting information, etc.
* FAQs – Frequently asked questions categorized by functional area (e.g. Payroll).
* Known Issues – Details and status of any known issues.
* HotFixes – Quick fix solutions users can download.
* Downloads – version releases available for download by user.
* Upload Files – users can securely upload files to QHR Support.
* Training Materials – Latest version of software manuals and documentation.
* For Technical Resources – Information for Technical Resources at client site.
* Enhancement Request – Users can submit product enhancements requests that will be forwarded directly to the QHR Product Management team for review.
* Payroll Resources – Government website links and tools.
* Support Information – QHR Support Policy and Procedures and other information.
* Contact Us – QHR Support Hours of Operation, Holiday Schedule, toll free telephone number, fax number, email, mailing address, website, etc.
* Links – Quick links to Payroll, Human Resources and QHR links.

QHR iSupport – https://isupport.qhrsoftware.com

Brockville General Hospital becomes beta client for Self Service HR

Brockville General Hospital will be entering a new era of employee communication and empowerment through the implementation of QHRnet – Quadrant HR’s new employee and manager self service offering.

QHRnet will give Brockville employees and managers secure, 24/7 access via the internet to personal information, pay details, staff schedules and automate the leave request process. This is just the beginning… QHR Software Inc. is aggressively developing QHRnet self service to provide organizations improved process automation while minimizing incoming employee inquiries to the HR Department. By leveraging this technology, organizations benefit from immediate two-way communication between management and employees. Learn more about QHRnet and how self service can help your organization.

“By providing employees with a self service tool that enables them to access their information using the internet medium, it will break down the traditional 9-5 office hours which, for a significant number of our staff, is not their working hours. Employees will have unparalleled access to their information and have the ability to manage it in a secure, seamless, and flexible manner,” says Matt Armstrong, Business Office Manager.

Brockville currently uses Quadrant HR’s Human Resources and Payroll modules to administer their 600+ employees and are underway with the implementation of Staff Scheduling. To read more about Brockville’s success and the benefits they have realized since implementing these modules, read the full case study.

Evergreen Home succeeds with new Payroll and Staff Scheduling system

Evergreen Home for Special Care in Nova Scotia has implemented the Payroll and Staff Scheduling solution called Quadrant HR™ to streamline payroll and standardize their scheduling process across the organization. They have improved management communications and minimized incoming calls to Human Resources. Evergreen is now underway with implementing further human resources processes within Quadrant HR™.

“Senior management now has greater access to workforce information for corporate planning. They can find the details they need, when they need it – without involving HR,” says Cameron Scott, Human Resources and I.T.

To read more about Evergreen’s success, read the case study.

QHR Software Inc. is an innovative leader in the creation, delivery and support of powerful integrated HR solutions. Its software called Quadrant HR™ is a user-defined, configurable solution integrating best practices for Human Resources, Staff Scheduling and Payroll into a single system. Quadrant HR™ is designed to improve employee processes from ‘hire to retire’ for simple to complex workplaces. Proven in the healthcare sector, the clear advantages of Quadrant HR™ are being discovered by other industries such as government, forestry and public security where complex labour rules require robust HR automation tools.

Palliser Health Region Wins With Integrated HR Solution

The Palliser Health Region in southern Alberta is realizing productivity gains and improved cost controls through the use of a unique human resource administration technology that better manages the growing complexity of their human capital management processes. QHR Software Inc. delivers powerful integrated HR software to Palliser Health Region through its powerful suite of HR modules collectively known as Quadrant HR™. The key advantage of this automated tool is that the critical functionality of payroll; staff scheduling and HR administration are integrated in a unique single application-database system.

The key goal for Palliser Health Region in its decision to adopt the integrated HR functionality of Quadrant HR™ was to gain clear advantages in performance efficiencies and administration effectiveness from the benefits of a fully integrated HR information system. To this goal Palliser Health Region reports that it has successfully eliminated data duplication and reduced labor costs by integrating its employee administration processes into a single computer application. Equally important to Palliser Health Region was QHR Software’s proven reputation for product support service delivered by their reliable technology team that is dedicated to customer satisfaction.

QHR Software Inc. is an innovative leader in the creation, delivery and support of powerful integrated HR solutions. Its products are designed to perform well in complex and less complicated HR environments. Well-proven in the healthcare sector, the clear advantages of Quadrant HR™ are beginning to be discovered by other industries such as government, forestry and public security where complex labor rules require special HR automation tools as well.

CancerCare Manitoba Adopts Integrated HR Management System

The prestigious organization CancerCare Manitoba is adopting a unique integrated human resources administration technology to better manage the growing complexity of their human capital management needs. QHR Software Inc. delivers the automation tools for their HR management needs through a powerful suite of HR modules collectively known as Quadrant HR™. The critical functionality of payroll, staff scheduling and HR administration are integrated and delivered in a unique single database system.

The key goal for CancerCare Manitoba in its decision to adopt the Quadrant HR™ software was to gain clear advantages in performance efficiencies and administration effectiveness from the benefits of an integrated HR information system. Equally important to CancerCare Manitoba was to enjoy proven product support services from a reliable technology team dedicated to customer satisfaction.

QHR Software Inc. is an innovative leader in the creation, delivery and support of powerful integrated HR solutions. Its products are designed to perform well in complex and less complicated HR environments. Well-proven in the healthcare sector, the clear advantages of Quadrant HR™ are beginning to be discovered by other industries such as forestry and public security where complex labor rules require special HR automation tools as well.