Patent ID: 11062802

Abstract:
Systems, methods and computer-readable media are provided for determining appropriate staffing levels above acuity-based forecast baseline values, to provide compliance with regulatory ‘patient-to-nurse’ ratio thresholds within a given service level or statistical probability. A non-zero and optionally stochastically varying leadtime may be provided for sourcing nurses and may ascertain whether significant patient demand and labor supply chain interdependencies exist via the bullwhip ratio, using predictive modeling based on a ‘safety-stock-over-leadtime’ (SSL). Variations that may arise according to different healthcare institutions' policies for shift-bidding, scheduling, use of contract nursing resources, and other aspects, may be accounted for in the predictive models. Further, some embodiments include providing decision support recommendations for adjusting health services staff to evolving patient needs in near real-time, and may further include automatically scheduling these employees and/or notifying them of work schedule changes.