Reports will gradually show that efficiency ratings are climbing when it comes to locating staff members, finding equipment, and running a comfortable staff to patient ratio. All the collected data allows for a nearly endless number of comparative analyses.

When equipment maintenance calendars are followed, reports will show on how replacement costs have gone down. Maintaining items you already own is the way to save money in the long run. You can even get as detailed as finding out if certain equipment consistently breaks down with one particular staff member using it. Perhaps that person needs more training on how to use it.

Exercising inventory control is not only prudent, but is one of the better ways to cut operational costs. You will most likely find that initially there is too much inventory in one area, but not enough in another. By tracking the usage of supplies as they are used, you can improve future ordering.

Having too much staff scheduled to work on any particular day is just as bad as not having enough. Both lead to financial losses. Having too much staff sends valuable dollars pouring out the doors in unneeded labor. Not being adequately staffed could lead to the patient walking out on services, having to reschedule, or even turn away patients from needed medical services.

The check-in and check-out feature bookends the period that data is being collected for an employee. Break times, lunch, late check-in or returns are all monitored. Absentee records are stored for each staff member. All of this can be retrieved in the event that he is being reviewed for a pay raise, or the need for disciplinary action arises.