Dressing for success: measuring productivity can ensure continuing success.
Both managerial and financial benefits can be gained by implementing and monitoring productivity standards in the health-care organization. However, these standards must be reasonable and acceptable to both management and staff if they are to be effective. By implementing a logging system to determine actual daily activity, Elizabethtown Hospital was able to develop reasonable productivity standards that allowed department managers to manage their operations more efficiently.
D004526:Efficiency; D006743:Hospital Bed Capacity, under 100; D010414:Pennsylvania; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D010814:Physical Therapy Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D012015:Reference Standards; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis