Patent ID: 8650041

Claim:
Method performed in a device for providing compensated staff data by redistributing staff resources between a plurality of care units, said method comprising: receiving staff data comprising the number of staff members associated with each care unit, receiving patient data associated with a plurality of patients, wherein each of said plurality of patients is associated with one of said plurality of care units, said patient data relating to a plurality of care need parameters, determining, by a processing unit, a care need for each of said plurality of patients based on said patient data, receiving care unit data comprising the number of beds associated with each of said plurality of care units, generating, by the processing unit, compensated staff data for each of said plurality of care units by combining said care need, said staff data and said care unit data associated with all of the plurality of care units, by for each care unit, determining an amount of care need to be handled per staff member in the care unit as a weighted average care need formed by dividing an average of the care need of the patients associated with the care unit with a weight obtained by dividing the number of staff members of the care unit with the number of beds of the care unit, determining an average amount of care need to be handled per staff member in the plurality of care units as a total weighted average obtained by averaging the weighted average care need of the plurality of care units, for each care unit, multiplying the average care need of the patients associated with the care unit by the number of beds of the care unit and dividing it by the total weighted average in order to obtain the compensated staff data of the care unit, and transmitting said compensated staff data.