Case Study: Rockford Health System achieves 100% on-time completion of employee appraisals with Saba (Halogen Performance Healthcare)

Rockford Health achieves 100% on-time completion of employee appraisals

Rockford Health System, the largest health network serving northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin with over 3,000 employees across hospitals and outpatient clinics, faced a failing paper-based appraisal process. Annual reviews were time-consuming, perceived as irrelevant to job performance, and inadequate for a tight labor market and skills-retention strategy, prompting leadership to seek a modern talent-management solution.

A cross-functional committee selected and deployed Halogen Performance with Halogen 360 Multirater (hosted on-site) to provide self-reviews, peer feedback, customizable workflows and real-time tracking. After rollout to nearly 3,000 users Rockford achieved 100% on-time completion of appraisals, managers reported 95% satisfaction and employees 75% satisfaction, with clearer links between reviews and job performance and plans to expand use for nursing validations and career planning.

Rockford Health System

Heidi Elsbree

Director of Human Resources and Benefits