Marina Aslanyan, CEO of Smartlinx: A trusted leader in human capital management, leading the company with a strong commitment to deliver innovative solutions for workforce management

"We envision a world where we spend our working days illuminated by insight and propelled by efficiency, not bogged down by clutter and confusion."

Smartlinx is the easy-to-use platform simplifying management of the healthcare workforce with transformational visibility, predictability, and control. By saving operators time and money, and providing unparalleled insights in real-time, Smartlinx's purpose-built solution suite enables improved measures of care quality and reimbursement, reduces costs associated with overstaffing and excess overtime, and ensures regulatory compliance. From scheduling and time and attendance, to payroll and compliance, acquisition and onboarding, human resources, insights and more, Smartlinx is ever adapting to shifting business conditions. Founded in 2000, Smartlinx helps thousands of healthcare organizations and supports hundreds of thousands of healthcare workers by freeing them from complexities in healthcare.

Leveraging Robust Products to Streamline Caregiver Workforce Management

Smartlinx Advanced Timeclock for Employees (SLATE): The Advanced Timeclock for Employees (SLATE) curbs the spread of germs with thermal-sensing temperature monitoring and touchless functionality, preventing workers with fevers from starting a shift and halting harmful microorganisms from entering a facility. Fully integrated with the Smartlinx suite, SLATE enables employees and agency staff to punch in and out without ever touching the high-usage device. SLATE connects to Smartlinx Go Mobile app so employees receive a QR generated code for use on their mobile device, reducing long lines at shift changes. Smartlinx developed SLATE to meet the needs of today's healthcare workers - ease of use and safety being paramount. The workforce needs to punch in and out the way they want - touchless or easily on their phones, which bodes well for curbing germ spread in facilities. By offering this functionality, as well as easy thermal temperature monitoring, they are literally taking the heat off operators to help keep residents and staff healthy.

Employee Scheduling: Inefficient scheduling can wreak havoc on your workflow—not to mention your bottom line. Schedule Optimizer makes sure the right people are in the right place at the right time, every time. With Schedule Optimizer, you can create schedules that can adapt in real-time to your changing needs — all with a few clicks. Mobile access and automated features make it easy to find replacements, and ensure you’re always properly staffed and compliant. Stop overtime costs from chipping away at your bottom line. Because Schedule Optimizer is integrated with Time & Attendance, you’ll always have the real-time data you need to spot and eliminate unplanned overruns before they happen. Stay on top of ever-changing regulatory requirements, personnel rotations—including agency employees—and even unexpected call-outs and staff turnover. Notify eligible employees and confirm replacements quickly and easily via text messages.

Mobile Shift Management: When you connect employees with what matters to them, you empower them to engage more fully in their work and strengthen their commitment to your organization. Smartlinx Go puts real-time scheduling, pay, and personal data at employee fingertips any time or place, freeing them up to focus on what matters—your residents. Employees receive immediate notifications of available open shifts, new schedules, scheduling changes, time-off request approvals, and more delivered in their chosen communication method (text, email, push notification, or in-app notification.) Enabling employees to easily submit time-off and open shift requests also provides schedulers with multiple easy options for ensuring proper staffing. Smartlinx Go drives efficiency. Employees no longer need to email or call HR with payroll queries, to request time off, or verify their work and salary history. Seeing their scheduled shifts and units, tardy arrivals, and any timeclock restrictions when they access Smartlinx Go motivates employees to start their shifts at the right place and time. You can reduce labor costs by using Smartlinx workforce projections to identify employees likely to incur overtime hours and configure Smartlinx Go to share available open shifts with employees not projected to work overtime.

Workforce Analytics: Smart decisions drive success. Shining a light on the right data illuminates your path. The right data can inform decisions, predict overtime, eliminate staffing shortages, and ensure compliance. Smartlinx Spotlight does this and more, lighting the way to better performance. Without accurate data, the big picture is out of focus. Smartlinx Spotlight makes it easy to see how your business is running across your workforce — in real-time, not days or weeks. Data without insight is useless. That’s why Spotlight automatically calculates metrics, such as projected overtime and under-staffing—even across sites. You’ll see how you can work more efficiently and improve the bottom line. Staffing is a key component in Five-Star Ratings and one of the greatest challenges facing healthcare providers. With Spotlight’s Five-Star Predictor, you can see how past, present, and project staffing for each facility stacks up against federal regulations in real-time. You’ll also learn what you need to do to get and keep the Five-Star Rating you desire.

Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) Reporting: They’ll simplify and automate the entire process, minimizing your risk and maximizing your time — and your peace of mind. Their offerings are customized to long-term-care facilities’ unique requirements and in full compliance with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations. Whatever your operational demands, Smartlinx is here to be your partner and help you streamline day-to-day management at your facility. Discover how they can make your entire reporting process simpler while giving you the peace of mind that comes with knowing your facility has thorough, accurate documentation of any data you might need in the future. No more scrambling to compile PBJ data. Smartlinx automatically collects and classifies your employee data per CMS regulations — including tricky stuff like overnight shifts or contractor hours — so it’s accurate and audit-ready at the click of a button. With PBJ automation, you will confidently submit documentation without manually checking everything you send for errors. You can simply generate the report and send it off immediately — no stress or hassle involved. At Smartlinx, they understand you have a wide range of requirements and they’re here to save you time on everyday operations. Their management tools automate your reporting needs, eliminating the need to expend time and effort in PBJ management.

Human Resource Management: The HRMS integrates with the Smartlinx solutions suite to centralize all the information you need—so you can focus on people, not stacks of paperwork. Find exactly what you need in an instant. All your employee info is securely stored in one place—from documents and licenses to PTO and performance reviews—and compliance is easier than ever. Always know who’s working, identify trends over time, and locate company property at any time. Smartlinx makes it simple to set up alerts for your custom criteria, so you can act on new info fast. Attract and retain great employees with the right benefits package and a flexible and easy to use benefits solution that meets their needs. Manage benefits offerings and facilitate open enrollment for employees. Smartlinx Benefits, their benefits administration solution, makes it simple to set up and manage benefit plans, update employee information, and run open enrollment. With a streamlined interface, automated decision support, and plan comparisons, employees are empowered to select and manage medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, life benefits that are appropriate for them and their families. – 24/7 from any device.

Marina Aslanyan | CEO

Marina Aslanyan joined Smartlinx as COO in 2012 and was promoted to CEO in January 2014. Prior to joining Smartlinx, she ran the management consulting firm, Altitude Strategic Consulting, where her strategic advice helped clients achieve operational excellence. Before forming Altitude, Marina drove corporate strategy as a key member of the executive team, and head of the Global Professional Services and Product Quality units, at Sparta Systems Inc., a global provider of quality management solutions. She also helped guide the success of the product management, pre-sales, and sales teams.

Earlier in her career, Marina contributed to the success of many technology and life sciences companies through senior positions at Andersen Consulting, PwC, EDS and Barr Laboratories (Teva Pharmaceuticals). Marina earned a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University and a Master of Science in Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering from Baku State University.

"SLATE supports multi-position functions for employees between different assignments and departments, and associated variant pay rates and cost centers."