title: An Analysis of the Factor Model on the Workload of Nursing Staff Using a Hospital Management Tool.
abstract: We developed a tool that allows a medical facility to offer efficient nursing care with limited human resources by optimizing the distribution of hospital ward nursing tasks. The use of information and communications technology to visualize daily workloads and make use of quantified workload data is important for identifying management elements that allow the efficient allocation of personnel and tasks. The goal of this study was to utilize data from the ward management tool that we developed to consider workflow processes for nursing staff and the relationships between the nursing competence of the nursing staff and the patients' conditions and how these impact on workloads. We found a correlation between workload and staff competence. With respect to the teamwork index and patient condition, structural equation modeling analysis using the intensity of nursing care needs and degree of independent daily living showed that patient condition had a meaningful effect on workload.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Medicine, KyotoUniversity, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Kikue
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.affiliation: Suzuka University of Medical Science, Mie, Japan.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.affiliation: Gifu University Hospital, Gifu, Japan.
authors.forename: Mituko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goshima
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Information Technology and Administration Planning, KyotoUniversity, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.affiliation: Gifu University Hospital, Gifu, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasutomi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kinosada
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Medicine, KyotoUniversity, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Akitoshi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seiyama
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008331:Management Information Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010362:Patients' Rooms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012984:Software; D014600:Utilization Review; D057188:Workflow; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*