Journal article
Determining staffing requirements for a second shift of anesthetists by graphical analysis of data from operating room information systems
AANA journal, Vol.68(1), pp.31-36
02/2000
PMID: 10876449
Abstract
Some operating room (OR) managers face the dilemma whereby all cases in a surgical suite are not completed during a regularly scheduled (e.g., 8-hour) day. If the anesthesia group at the surgical suite plans for its employed anesthetists to work a fixed number of hours each day, then more than 1 shift of anesthetists may be needed to care for the patients in the ORs. We developed a graphical statistical method that anesthetists and anesthesiologists can use to determine how many anesthesia providers are required on the second shift to minimize labor costs. The method uses data from surgical services information systems or hospital information systems to compensate for seasonality or seasonal variation in the number of ORs running at different times of the day. We also consider application of our method to scheduling surgical nurses with multiple overlapping shifts throughout the day.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Determining staffing requirements for a second shift of anesthetists by graphical analysis of data from operating room information systems
- Creators
- F Dexter - Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USAR D Traub
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- AANA journal, Vol.68(1), pp.31-36
- Publisher
- United States
- PMID
- 10876449
- ISSN
- 0094-6354
- eISSN
- 2162-5239
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/2000
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy; Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9983806289902771
Metrics
22 Record Views