Dynamic Staffing Control

Staffing

It is another typical day. You have scheduled your shifts, and appropriate staffing is set. Then, predictably, the unexpected happens. A unit gets unforeseen admissions or transfers, and just like that you are short-staffed. Previous staffing decisions are out of compliance with your policies, JCAHO standards, and state mandated staffing ratios. Nurses on the unit make do the best they can – scrambling for help which may not available until the next shift starts and then only if additional staff can be called in.

RES-Q now has a better way: our patent-pending software module, Dynamic Staffing Control (DSC). With DSC, RES-Q enables you to anticipate staffing problems and make adjustments in real time. And, the process is simple and automated.

Through a seamless integration of patient ADT activity, workload, and current staffing levels, DSC continually evaluates the number of patients on each unit. Taking into account patient acuity and other staffing effectiveness indicators, the RES-Q system determines up-to-the-minute patient workloads for each unit. Staffing variances that fall outside of preset thresholds are automatically communicated to designated unit managers and staffing office personnel, enabling them to quickly react to potential staffing conditions that could negatively impact quality patient care.

Instead of being reactive to staffing problems, users of RES-Q Labor Resource Management with Dynamic Staffing Control can stay on top of staffing needs and ratios and proactively manage staffing based on predicted requirements.