Schedule Modeling Tool
Having enough of the right people working at the right time is one of the greatest keys to budgetary performance at the department level. Unfortunately managing the 10 variables required to perfectly model and balance a schedule requires the intervention of a computer.
With plenty of wonderful scheduling software tools available, the challenge left to managers is being able to predict with certainty the type and numbers of staff they are going to need on a given day and shift and to be able to do so far enough in advance to not trigger the need for expensive last-minute premium staffing!
With that in mind, and using privacy enabled, secure software, managers are now able to use historical data to model future volumes in a manner that accounts for:
- Bed turns
- Changes in Acuity
- Changes in staffing ratios & the need for mixed ratios
- The impacts of non productive burden
- Variations by season, month, day of the week, and shift of the day
From this, the WRx schedule modeling tool will develop dynamic staffing grids:
- Up to a year in advance
- For up to 3 different positions per department
- That identify the Full-time & Part-time roster needs
- That identify total FTE needs based on either historical volumes or budgeted volumes
- That identify in advance, when a manager is going to most-likely need to flex-up or flex-down
The tool also:
- Calculates average volume by month
- Continually updates with the entry of new volume data
- Provides timely email reminders of needed updates
- Allows managers to balance schedules against predicted grids with a novel point-and-click modeling tool