Nurse Scheduling Software Market Size, Share, Growth, and Industry Analysis, By Type (Web-based, Cloud, SaaS on Premise, Mobile-Installed), By Application (Hospital and Clinic), and Regional Forecast By 2031

Updated On: 29 April 2024

Nurse Scheduling Software Market Report Overview

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The global nurse scheduling software market size was USD 261 million in 2021. As per our research, the market is expected to reach USD 733.85 million by 2031, exhibiting a CAGR of 10.8% during the forecast period.

The global COVID-19 pandemic has been unprecedented and staggering, with the nurse scheduling software market experiencing higher-than-anticipated demand across all regions compared to pre-pandemic levels. The sudden rise in CAGR is attributable to the market's growth and demand returning to pre-pandemic levels once the pandemic is over.

Nurse scheduling software is a type of software that helps healthcare organizations to schedule nurses. This software can automate the scheduling process, ensure that all shifts are covered, and provide real-time visibility into staffing levels. They can help to increase the efficiency of the scheduling process by automating tasks such as shift assignments and conflict checking. This can free up time for nurse managers to focus on other tasks, such as patient care.

They can help to improve communication between nurse managers and nurses. This can help to ensure that nurses are aware of their schedules and that they have the information they need to provide care to patients.

COVID-19 Impact: Pandemic Increased the Market Demand

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the nurse scheduling software market share. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant increase in the demand for nurse scheduling software. This is because hospitals and other healthcare organizations have had to adapt to new staffing challenges, such as increased patient volumes, staff shortages, and the need to implement social distancing measures. Nurse scheduling software can help healthcare organizations to manage these challenges by automating the scheduling process, ensuring that all shifts are covered, and providing real-time visibility into staffing levels. It has also led to an increase in the adoption of cloud-based nurse scheduling software. This is because cloud-based software is more flexible and scalable than on-premises software, which is important for healthcare organizations that are facing staffing challenges. Cloud-based software can also be accessed from anywhere, which is important for healthcare workers who are working remotely or on rotating shifts.

Latest Trends

"The increasing focus on data analytics is expected to fuel the growth in the market"

Data analytics can help healthcare organizations to make better decisions about nurse scheduling. For example, data analytics can be used to identify patterns in patient demand, to track staff availability, and to predict staffing shortages. This information can then be used to make more informed scheduling decisions, such as adjusting staffing levels to meet demand or assigning nurses to specific shifts based on their skills and experience. Overall, the increasing focus on data analytics is having a positive impact on the market. Data analytics is helping healthcare organizations to make better decisions, improve the efficiency of their nurse scheduling processes, and improve patient care. These trends are likely to continue in the future, as healthcare organizations continue to adopt data-driven approaches to nurse scheduling.

Nurse Scheduling Software Market Segmentation

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• By Type Analysis

According to type, the market can be segmented web-based, cloud, SAAS on premise, mobile-installed.

• By Application Analysis

Based on application, the market can be divided into hospital and clinic.

 Driving Factors

"Increasing demand for efficient and accurate nurse scheduling to foster the market growth"

The healthcare industry is facing a number of challenges, including an aging population, increasing patient acuity, and a shortage of nurses. These challenges are putting a strain on the healthcare system and making it more difficult to provide efficient and accurate nurse scheduling. Nurse scheduling software can help healthcare organizations to address these challenges by automating the scheduling process, ensuring that all shifts are covered, and providing real-time visibility into staffing levels. This can help to improve the efficiency and accuracy of nurse scheduling, which can lead to better patient care.

"Growing need to improve patient care to result in the expansion of the market"

The healthcare industry is under increasing pressure to improve patient care. This is due to a number of factors, including the increasing demand for quality care, the rising cost of healthcare, and the increasing awareness of patient rights. Nurse scheduling software can help healthcare organizations to improve patient care by ensuring that nurses are properly assigned to shifts and that they have the resources they need to provide high-quality care. This can lead to better patient outcomes and a more positive patient experience.

Restraining Factors

"The lack of integration with other healthcare systems to hamper the market growth"

One of the biggest challenges facing the healthcare industry is the fragmentation of data. This means that data is often stored in different systems, making it difficult to access and share. This can be a problem for nurse scheduling software, as it can make it difficult to get the information that is needed to make informed scheduling decisions. The lack of integration with other healthcare systems can restrain the growth of the market in a number of ways. First, it can make it difficult to get the information that is needed to make informed scheduling decisions. Second, it can make it difficult to exchange data with other systems, which can limit the benefits of nurse scheduling software.

Nurse Scheduling Software Market Regional Insights

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"North America to lead the market owing to the increasing demand for efficient and accurate nurse scheduling. "

The North America region has shown the highest nurse scheduling software market growth. This is because these regions are all experiencing growth in their healthcare industries, and they are all adopting new technologies. This is driving the demand for nurse scheduling software in these regions.

Key Industry Players

"Key players are employing advanced technologies in order to stimulate further growth of the market." 

All the major players are motivated to offer superior and more advanced services in order to gain a competitive edge in the market. To increase their market presence, vendors are using a variety of techniques, including product launches, regional growth, strategic alliances, partnerships, mergers, and acquisitions.

List of Market Players Profiled

• SmartLinx: Atlanta, Georgia
• TimeClock Plus (DMI): Salt Lake City, Utah
• StaffBridge Technology: Austin, Texas
• Deputy: San Francisco, California
• Kronos Incorporated: Lowell, Massachusetts
• Shift Administrators: Brentwood, Tennessee
• API Healthcare (Symplr): San Francisco, California
• Intrigma: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• NurseGrid: San Francisco, California
• Schedule360: New York, New York
• ShiftWizard: Austin, Texas
• SNAP Schedule (Business Management Systems): Portland, Oregon
• Spok: Salt Lake City, Utah

Report Coverage

This report examines an understanding of the nurse scheduling software market’s size, share, growth rate, segmentation by type, application, key players, and previous and current market scenarios. The report also collects the market’s precise data and forecasts by market experts. Also, it describes the study of this industry’s financial performance, investments, growth, innovation marks, and new product launches by the top companies and offers deep insights into the current market structure, competitive analysis based on key players, key driving forces, and restraints that affect the demand for growth, opportunities, and risks.

Furthermore, the post-COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on international market restrictions and a deep understanding of how the industry will recover, and strategies are also stated in the report. The competitive landscape has also been examined in detail to provide clarification of the competitive landscape.

This report also discloses the research based on methodologies that define price trend analysis of target companies, collection of data, statistics, target competitors, import-export, information, and previous years’ records based on market sales. Moreover, all the significant factors which influence the market such as small or medium business industry, macro-economic indicators, value chain analysis, and demand-side dynamics, with all the major business players have been explained in detail. This analysis is subject to modification if the key players and feasible analysis of market dynamics change.