Community Healthcare System wins Aspire 2022 Innovation Award

Community Healthcare System wins Aspire 2022 Innovation Award

Community Healthcare System has been recognized by Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG), a leading provider of human resource, payroll and workforce management solutions, for innovative use of its Dimensions employee self-scheduling technology.

UKG honored Community Healthcare System with the 2022 Aspire Innovation Award. The award is part of a longstanding tradition that recognizes the achievements of organizations that go above and beyond to create meaningful and connected experiences for their employees.

“Community Healthcare System is using Dimensions (Kronos) employee self-scheduling, which allows workers to select their preferred shifts — leading to greater autonomy, satisfaction and overall employee engagement,” UKG said in a statement.

“We are honored to receive this award,” said Kristle Ondo, director of finance at Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana, Inc.“Our Workforce Optimization team does an outstanding job of using innovative technology to keep our system running efficiently so that we can better care for our patients.”

Community Healthcare System includes Community Hospital in Munster, St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago and Community Stroke & Rehabilitation Center in Crown Point.

“Championing great workplaces and helping to create purposeful work through the use of innovative technology are central to who we are,” said Chris Todd, Chief Executive Officer at UKG. “Our purpose is to create meaningful experiences for organizations and their people, and we are proud of, and humbled by, the outstanding results UKG technology delivers every day to our award winners and all our customers.”