Acuity Tracking
There are many components of labor inefficiency and waste that arise from uninformed and last minute staffing decisions. Activities surrounding daily staffing are often hectic and frenzied, forcing managers to make the easy choices, rather than the best or most cost effective.
Efficient patient care results by driving nursing workload and skills requirements from current patient acuity level assessments and then controlling the cost per hour. Acuity-adjusted nurse staffing is legislated in many states and having a valid mechanism in place to determine proper staffing levels is becoming more important to Joint Commission. This is another evidence-based practice available from Concerro with ShiftSelect or RES-Q, using our patient classification methodology or any other standard assessment tool.
