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The health care industry is facing numerous challenges. In addition to being one of the fastest growing market segments, it is anticipated that health care will soon become the largest industry for a number of countries. In the western countries, health care makes up 10-15% of GDP and this figure is continuing to rise on an annual basis. Currently and now more than ever, the sector is characterized by cost reductions coupled with the demand for efficient and professional provision of care.
Orbis Erasmus MC VUMC UZ Leuven
atrium mc Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis Carante Groep Rivierduinen

Challenges Solutions Benefits

icons_1_mag Challenges:

Health care sector developments require organizations to focus on operational efficiency and positive results, as well as the quality of care. The challenge is to understand the overall relationship between the costs and benefits, which is no easy task.

Patient volumes and costs are rising due to increased longevity and a significant proportion of experienced health care workers are leaving the profession due to retirement. As a result, there is a growing need for qualified health care professionals in order to ensure that future care demand can be met. That is why the recruitment, retention and optimization of a qualified workforce geared to the demand for care is a top priority for hospital executives.



icons_2_tools Our solution:

In order to face these challenges head on, the health care sector needs to become more effective and efficient on both an organizational and technological level. The aim is to provide more care with fewer employees while maintaining a high quality of care. Preventative care is also becoming increasingly important, as is innovation and the need to improve the industry’s image so that new recruits are attracted to working in the health care sector.

ORTEC believes it can play an important role in supporting the sector with the challenges it faces. Our Advanced Planning and Scheduling tools and services can assist health care organizations in overcoming their planning complexities on an operational, tactical and strategic level. ORTEC is able to offer specific solutions tailored to the needs of the health care industry:

  • Capacity planning and workforce scheduling
  • Patient intake planning
  • Hospital bed planning
  • Operating room planning
  • Optimal routing of homecare employees


ORTEC’s advanced workforce planning software offers powerful support for creating optimal schedules, taking into account the restrictions, wishes, preferences and interests of the various parties involved. Would you like more information? Then read our brochure titled, ‘Resource planning and optimization for the Healthcare industry’, which can be found on this site.


ORTEC layer model: optimal usage of workforce capacity by means of an integrated approach to workforce planning. Would you like more information? Then read our brochure titled, ORTEC’s vision for capacity planning and workforce scheduling’, which can be found on this site.


icons_3_graph Your benefits:

ORTEC has completed more than 150 implementations in the health care industry and well over 300,000 health care professionals now being scheduled via ORTEC’s software in the Netherlands. As a result, ORTEC has gained in-depth knowledge and experience in the health care industry. Our aim is to support health care organizations and employees to achieve the best possible planning results, so that organizations can focus on their core competence: providing high quality care.

Would you like to learn more about how ORTEC can help to optimize your planning processes? Or would you like to read the results that colleagues in your sector have gained? If so, please refer to the various case studies and the Health care Industry brochure that can be found on our website. You can also contact us to make an appointment to discuss the possibilities of optimization within your health care organization.



If you would like to know more about our solutions or see an overview of our clients, please click on one of the useful links below:

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Our markets

Hospitals
Home healthcare
Nursing homes

Case Succes Story Orbis

Case Succes Story OrbisTo capitalize on future healthcare requirements, ORBIS Medical and Healthcare Group have developed
a new healthcare framework whereby construction, layout, organization, procedures and IT processes
have all been revamped.download the case

Capacity planning and workforce scheduling in the healthcare industry

Capacity planning and workforce scheduling in the healthcare industryThe health care sector faces significant operations management challenges. As a result, healthcare organizations need to adapt their ways of working to ensure a more efficinient and business orientated approach, while maintaining the same high level of service qualityDownload brochure

The ORTEC vision for capacity- and workforce scheduling

The ORTEC vision for capacity- and workforce schedulingOptimal usage of your personnel capacity via an integrated workforce scheduling approach.Download brochure

Our value proposition for healthcare

In collaboration with various partners, ORTEC offers a total concept for patient planning and workforce scheduling.

Our partners in health care

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