A strategy for adaptive staffing of hospitals under varying environmental conditions.
With many hospitals facing periods of retrenchment or considerable uncertainty in workload and reimbursement policy, an adaptive management response seems to be required. A model is presented for the development and implementation of a system of flexible resource management that is useful for health service managers.
D003363:Cost Control / Q000639:trends; D004651:Employment; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006801:Humans; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000379:methods*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012924:Social Conditions; D014481:United States