{"id":251589,"date":"2025-10-31T04:49:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T04:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/251589\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T04:49:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T04:49:12","slug":"sask-health-authority-to-ditch-problem-plagued-aims-scheduling-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/251589\/","title":{"rendered":"Sask. Health Authority to ditch problem-plagued AIMS scheduling system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday afternoon, the health authority announced that it will revert to its previous scheduling system due to the issues with AIMS, while keeping the working parts of the system in place.<\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761730697_160_indicator-big.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe functions rolled out in the first phase of AIMS are working as expected, and will continue to operate as they have for more than a year now,\u201d Cockrill said. \u201cAnd while significant testing was done before launching the employee scheduling part of the system, it has become clear that it\u2019s just not working like it should.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to sincerely thank health-system employees for their continued perseverance and dedication in adapting to the new system,\u201d the health authority said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also acknowledge and apologize for the frustrations many have experienced with the scheduling component of AIMS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The change will affect about 7,000 employees in northeastern and southwestern parts of the province, the health authority noted, along with out-of-scope employees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe supply chain, finance, payroll, and human resources components of AIMS, which are in use by about 50,000 employees, remain stable and are not impacted by this decision,\u201d the health authority added.<\/p>\n<p>The switch back to the previous scheduling system has a targeted date of Nov. 30, and the authority said workers and managers will receive direct communication and support to help them navigate the transition. More information is expected on Thursday morning, when the health authority is set to hold a news conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Wednesday afternoon, the health authority announced that it will revert to its previous scheduling system due to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[49,48,84,392],"class_list":{"0":"post-251589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-healthcare"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}