title: Effect of an admission monitoring and scheduling system on productivity and employee satisfaction.
abstract: This article develops and evaluates an admission monitoring and scheduling system designed to reduce fluctuation of work load on nursing units. Effects of the system on work-load distribution, full-time equivalents, labor cost, and employees are assessed in a 235-bed hospital. The system provided more stable work loads and had a potential for improving productivity by about 3 percent, and reducing by about 40 percent the number of days nurses are asked to take off without pay during low-census periods.
authors: Department of Health Administration, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond 23298.
authors: R K
authors: RK
authors: Shukla
mesh_terms: D000289:Admitting Department, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D004526:Efficiency; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008331:Management Information Systems; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010562:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling Information Systems; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014768:Virginia