As Canada’s population surges, LGI’s award-winning workforce solution steps up

LGI Healthcare Solutions recently earned global recognition by winning the Stevie® Award for New Product of the Year in Healthcare Technology for LGI Workforce Pro, our unified platform for scheduling, payroll, and HR in healthcare. This prestigious international award is an occasion to revisit why healthcare organization need modern tools for their workforce management, more now than ever.

Why having modern, healthcare-specific workforce management tolls is now non-negotiable. 

In 2023, Canada’s population rose 3.2%, which is the fastest yearly increase since 1957, reaching over 41 million by July 1, 2024. Seniors already account for almost one‑fifth (18.9%) of this population, and by 2030, they could represent almost one-quarter.  

That surge will inevitably translate into more people needing care. The thing is, nearly 30% of Canadian nursing employees are already reporting working overtime, contributing to higher stress levels and staffing shortages.  

What “modern” means (and why legacy tools fall short) 

As patient demand grows and union regulations become increasingly complex, stitching together spreadsheets or aging solutions to keep units staffed and payroll accurate is taking a growing amount of time.  

This is precisely why technology should be part of the equation. LGI’s mission is to deliver robust platforms designed to manage these challenges so healthcare organizations can focus on patient care. 

A modern workforce platform should: 

• Automate scheduling with configurable rules for skill mix, seniority, and collective agreements. 

• Handle instant open shift callouts with a modern mobile application.  

• Support employee self service for absence management and shift swaps.  

• Unify attendance management and payroll to cut out dual entry and reduce costly corrections. 

• Deliver real time data for leaders to control labour costs (fill rates, absence, overtime). 

• Meet Canadian data and security expectations, including data residency in Canada, role-based access, and detailed audit trails. 

The technology you implement today will determine the future of your organization 

Since labour is the single largest cost in healthcare (employee compensation represents nearly two thirds of expenses in hospitals), the features listed above are no longer “nice to haves”. They are required to reduce the costs of managed overtime, manual corrections, and payroll errors.  

Ready for the next step?

Download 'How to Choose a Workforce Management Platform' and book a 30‑minute discovery call  to learn how the award-winning LGI Workforce Pro can help modernize  your hospital or LTC network.