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A computerized scheduling system with centralized staffing. 1979

D J Ballantyne

Personnel costs make up approximately 70 percent of the operating expense of a hospital, and nursing service accounts for a large percentage of those personnel costs. It is imperative that nursing personnel be appropriately scheduled so that patient care units are properly staffed while personnel budgets are maintained. This hospital's centralized staffing function, supported by a computerized scheduling system, successfully handles all staffing situations with minimal involvement of professional nurses.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009738	Nursing Service, Hospital	The hospital department which is responsible for the organization and administration of nursing activities.	Hospital Nursing Service,Service, Hospital Nursing,Hospital Nursing Services,Nursing Services, Hospital,Services, Hospital Nursing
D010559	Personnel Management	Planning, organizing, and administering all activities related to personnel.	Client-Staff Ratio,Client Staff Ratio,Client-Staff Ratios,Management, Personnel,Ratio, Client-Staff,Ratios, Client-Staff
D010561	Personnel Staffing and Scheduling	The selection, appointing, and scheduling of personnel.	Staffing and Scheduling,Personnel Staffing,Work Schedule,Schedule, Work,Scheduling and Staffing,Staffing, Personnel,Work Schedules
D003201	Computers	Programmable electronic devices designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations.	Calculators, Programmable,Computer Hardware,Computers, Digital,Hardware, Computer,Calculator, Programmable,Computer,Computer, Digital,Digital Computer,Digital Computers,Programmable Calculator,Programmable Calculators
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013597	Systems Analysis	The analysis of an activity, procedure, method, technique, or business to determine what must be accomplished and how the necessary operations may best be accomplished.	Agent-Based Modeling,Analysis, Systems,Complexity Analysis,System Dynamics Analysis,Systems Approach,Systems Medicine,Systems Oriented Approach,Systems Thinking,Agent Based Modeling,Agent-Based Modelings,Analyses, Complexity,Analyses, System Dynamics,Analyses, Systems,Analysis, Complexity,Analysis, System Dynamics,Approach, Systems,Approach, Systems Oriented,Approachs, Systems,Approachs, Systems Oriented,Complexity Analyses,Dynamics Analyses, System,Dynamics Analysis, System,Medicine, Systems,Medicines, Systems,Modeling, Agent-Based,Modelings, Agent-Based,System Dynamics Analyses,Systems Analyses,Systems Approachs,Systems Medicines,Systems Oriented Approachs,Systems Thinkings,Thinking, Systems,Thinkings, Systems