Using labor metrics to achieve value-driven health care.
Four strategies that hospitals should consider to reduce nursing labor costs without jeopardizing quality of care are the following: Use net cost variances to drive authorized FTEs by skill level. Manage supplemental labor. Control distribution of nonproductive time throughout the year. Monitor rate and efficiency variances.
Reese
Susan M
SM
Kronos, Inc., Tarpon Springs, FL, USA. sreese@kronos.com
D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care